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Paper on a Theme from TKAM In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the actions and thoughts of the children show the uncorrupted innocence of a child’s mind. One of the three children mentioned frequently in the novel is Jem, who grows out of his childhood innocence once certain factors induce him to see the world as it truly is. The Finch children’s young friend, Dill, shows his innocence, aside his two new friends, when he deals with Boo Radley. Most obviously, though, Scout Finch (a.k.a Jean Louise Finch) demonstrates true innocence in her many actions involving both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. All three of the children have a part in the way that the theme of childhood innocence is portrayed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem, the oldest of the three children, starts the novel on the same level of innocence as Scout and Dill do, but he gradually progresses to a new level of awareness throughout the book. His wild imagination definitely contributes to the trio’s ideas about Boo, such as when he told the other two about what Stephanie Crawford told him, “[she] woke up one night and saw him looking straight through the window at her…said his head was like a skull looking at her.” The actions that Jem involves