In the books The Lord Of The Flies, To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Glass Castle they illustrate the journey of childhood innocence to maturity, showing the challenges faced, and shows the way they go from young kids to grown children as they have to experience the people within the society and their judgment, and the problems in the real world. In the 3 books it shows the characters growing up and facing reality.
The Glass Castle In “The Glass Castle,” childhood innocence is shown in Jeannette as she is innocent and doesn’t realize the seriousness of her life and it almost looks like a double edged sword. On one side, it is this shield that helps Jeannette and her siblings with their weird, unknown life. They learned throughout their crazy childhood to find joy in the little things, make…show more content… It’s almost as if they had been living in this little bubble and everything was okay, but in reality they aren’t really seeing the reality of the situations they are in. The book portrays the upbringing of Jeanette and her siblings, raised by very irresponsible parents who refused societal norms. One specific part that relates back to growing up is the constant instability they face. There are many instances of poverty, neglect, and even some homelessness, which in these situations causes the children to uptake adult responsibilities at a very young age. For example, Walls writes, “It was good training for becoming a writer, for not getting hung up on material things. Things were always getting lost or stolen or broken in our family, and we learned to live without them.” The constant struggle they experienced just to simply survive had insisted self-reliance in the children, this had pushed them more toward maturity as they went through the many challenges they had to experience. The unrealistic lifestyle, as well as frequent moves and inconsistent parenting,
