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Don't be the one to take a child's innocence, let them grow into it.

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Miss Maudie talking to kids.

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Miss Maudie explained to Scout that, “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 119) She is talking about how a mockingbird symbolizes innocence.

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Dill is the first to lose his innocence, when he overhears how Tom is treated, "Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that---it just makes me sick." (Lee 266) He realizes how cruel people can be. Soon after, Jem realizes too.

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Jem told Atticus over and over again, "It ain't right." (Lee 284) He said this after he found out that Tom was found guilty. Then he realized that not only is there good in the world, there's evil.

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That it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, and that you don't want to take someones innocence away from them especially a child. I choose this because Miss Maudie explained why it is bad to hurt a mockingbird. It supports my theme statement because a mockingbird symbolizes innocence and when you take it away or kill it, your sinning. An example of this today is the child predators that lure children in and do unspeakable things to them, therefore taking their innocence from them against their own will.

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Dill lost his innocence first. He overheard the words that were spoken to Tom and how they treated him. His innocence was therefore then taken away, because he saw how some adults treat others solely because of the color of their skin. I choose this evidence he is an example of someone killing or taking another persons innocence. An example of this today is the death of George Floyd and many others. He was killed by a white police officer, after he continuously told him "I can't breath." While the other officers stood and watched.

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Jem also was someone who lost their innocence due to the Tom Robinson case and overhearing the disgusting things spoken to him. After he was proven innocent and still was found guilty by an all white jury. I choose this evidence because again, because our society taught children in that time period, to be racist. And to this day, people still to this day people preach to their kids that being black is wrong, when we should be teaching them who to prevent and stop racism once and for all.