Part one of term paper
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is concerned with a loss of innocence. Discuss by referring to two key scenes in the novel. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is certainly about a loss of innocence. However, this aspect is only emphasised to convey a more powerful and meaningful message. It is a mean by which the author introd ...

Part two of term paper
... and evoke empathy and understanding in the readers. One of Scout’s first encounters with prejudice, and subsequent “loss of innocence”, is during the children’s interruption at the jail house where Tom Robinson was being held. On impulse, the children arrived at the jail to encounter several men confronting Atticus. At this time, Scout was quite unaware of what was happening, being totally oblivious to the threat the men posed to the safety of herself, Atticus, Je ...