The loss of innocence is portrayed very well throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates how the characters think they are the same but end up losing their innocence very quickly. To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates how Atticus' son and Scout's brother, Jem, witnesses the trail of the only black man, Tom Robinson. From that point on, Jem realizes that the world and his town are nothing like he thought they were. Jem also knew that people were not at all what he first thought. Jem thought everyone was good and innocent just like his father Atticus, but slowly things began to change. Atticus once said, “You never truly understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” (31) He didn't know the theme, The Loss of Innocence, that would affect the city 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 take the side of a black man, because no one in Maycomb, Alabama takes the side of a black person or an African American. That...