There are many events in life that can change people. Things can happen that can completely change the way a person feels about something. People can go from racist to accepting and from ignorant to alert just because they have learned about it and therefore have lost their innocence or are no longer ignorant about the subject. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, things happen that change the way people think and feel about a certain matter or subject. Aunt Alexandria loses her innocence and ignorance as she gains knowledge and maturity.
             Aunt Alexandria comes into the Finch household with very little experience with children, especially children Jem and Scout's age. She says, "Francis, come out of there! Jean Louise, if I hear another word out of you, I'll tell your father. Did I hear you say hell a while ago?" (84) and this shows her low tolerance level for children. This is a definite problem when dealing with children, especially children Jem and Scout's age whose minds are full of curiosity. It sometimes takes a hurtful event of scary one to make people think differently. An event like the incident in the woods and the attack. She learns to care about the kids and starts to become a motherly figure as shown here on page 212 when she is asking about Jem: "Is he alright?" This quote shows how she is beginning to show care towards the children, something that a real mother would show. At the end, after the children are attacked, her motherly instincts finally kick on at full potential shown here on page 264 when she says, "Put these on, darling." The reason she says this is to try and comfort Scout. She is very worried about the children and she has learned that she needs to comfort them in certain situations. This quote shows how Aunt Alexandria grows as she learns about dealing with kids by giving them the attention and care the need when it is needed as opposed to punishing them.
             When Aunt Alexandria firs arrive...