The loss of innocence is very well described throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird shows how the characters think they are equal but end up losing their innocence very quickly. To Kill a Mockingbird shows how Atticus's son and Scout's brother, Jem, witnesses the trail of the only black man, Tom Robinson. From then on, Jem realizes that the world and his city are no longer what he thought. Jem also knew that the people were nothing like he initially thought. Jem thought everyone was good and innocent, just like his father Atticus, but that slowly began to change. Atticus once said, “You never really understand a person until you see things from their point of view.” » (31) Little did he know that the theme, Loss of Innocence, would hit the town of Maycomb, which was supposed to be a wonderful place. Jem realizes that Tom is being punished for something he didn't even do. It was also brave of Jem to side with a black man, because no one in Maycomb, Alabama, sides with a black person or an African American. That...