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Ignorance In Jem's Cruelty

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The bliss of ignorance can only last so long; as Jem loses his innocence as a child, he also loses his ignorance of society’s cruelty. Jem’s new found knowledge leads him to have a basic understanding of society’s transgressions towards him, his family, and African-Americans, are simply outrageous. His once curiosity of society’s standards, has now changed into sorrow and enlightenment. Jem’s enlightenment consist of simply the start of him becoming an adult. Jem is no longer a child, as mentioned in chapter twelve, “This change in Jem had come about in matter of weeks (…) it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values” (Lee 153). The unfortunate events that happened during Jem’s childhood forced him to mature and grow as a person, for

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