To Kill A Mockingbird Loss Of Innocence Persuasive – Flashcards

-When Dill dares Jem to touch the Radley place, Jem successfully does it and is now seen as a hero by Dill and Scout. Shows his developing decision making skills.
-When Scout’s illusion of school is shattered, she loses her innocence
-When Miss Caroline advises Scout to stop reading, Scout obtains a new awareness of the ignorance of others
-When Walter Cunningham comes for dinner, Scout is rude to him. Calpurnia pulls her aside and tells her to stop which causes her to realize that she needs to gain tolerance and compassion for others

-Jem shows his bravery and courage by touching the Radley place.

-Miss Maudie tells Scout how to treat the Radleys and Scout comes of age
-Dill lies about everything-Shows Scout how everyone is a liar and she loses her innocence
-After Jem’s pants are found neatly folded on the fence, it is clearly shown that Jem is undergoing a character change. He is beginning to understand Arthur’s point-of-view and is coming of age.

-Nathan Radley implies that he would of shot his intruders if they were African American-sense of injustice (how cruely we treat each other)

-When Scout punches Francis, she has defied her father and lost her innocence.
-Jem and Scout think they know their father until they find out that he used to be known for shooting guns-loss of innocence
-Jem does not understand the significance of the white flower-loss of innocence

-Even though she was trying to protect her father by punching Francis, she fears that he will be disappointed with her. She is protecting him-heroic
-Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose is only nasty because she is old and shows his respect by saying that she is brave and courageous by trying to conquer her addiction so late in her life.

-Ewells do not deserve to be at the top of the caste system only because they are a founding family and they are more wealthy than the cunninghams-Respect can’t be demanded, it has to be earned

-Jem makes the adult decision to involve Atticus in Dill’s appearance in Maycomb-shows how he is growing up and coming of age
-Scout finds out that the father of walter Cunningham is part of a racist crowd.

-Dill realizes how cruel people can actually be and how people can be hypocrites

-Dill sees how respectful Atticus is

-When Reverend Sykes tells Jem not to be so confident, his allusion becomes shattered, his hope is crushed and he now has a potential for ignorance.
-Jem has a major loss of innocence when his father loses the case
-Jem realizes that the people of maycomb are motivated by their own point of view, even if its hidden from the public-this provides him with a new awareness and potential for ignorance

-Atticus only lost the case because it was an African-American man that he was defending

-Atticus defended a lost cause

-Miss Maudie shows her heroic qualities by standing up for Scout when she was being made fun of

-When Jem tells Scout that she should not kill the roly-poly, it shows his maturity and the grown-up response not to kill the innocent bug.
-Scout realizes that her teacher has a dark side and is prejudiced
-Tom’s guilty verdict will expand Jem and Scout’s loss of innocence experience

-Jem tries to protect Scout when they are being attacked by Bob Ewell
-Atticus is a flawed hero

-Atticus shows that he is flawed that he did not take Bob Ewell’s threat seriously and actually has an adult loss of innocence