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When you are a kid, you are innocent and don’t realize that bad things happen to people. Children look to their parents to protect and look out for them. As kids grow older, they come to realize that there is hate and unkindness in the world. They can come to see this in bullying, divorce, or the death of a loved one. Loss of innocence is when a child sees things as they are and not how they want them to be. At the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is an innocent child. Her world is an easy and simple one. The first time she really experiences something evil is when she realizes that Tom Robertson is on trial because of his skin color. She now understands that people are treated unfairly and can be punished for something they didn’t do. When I lived in Texas I was exposed to a verity of different people and cultures. It was no big deal when I was little but when I got older things changed. I would over hear conversations where people were being judged by the color of their skin or their culture. Some people couldn’t hang out with others because of their parent’s prejudices. One of my Hispanic friends was teased about background. Other kids would ask him how his dad’s lawn business was going when, in fact, his dad was a successful business man. He never said anything, but I could see how this affected him. My loss of innocence and Scouts are similar because we both have experience racism. Scouts was much more severe than mine but they both are still racism. Everyone experience a loss of innocence in their childhood. This happens to everyone it is just a part of growing up.