Dill To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis

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There were a few different themes in To Kill a Mockingbird one of which I believe would be the loss of innocence which I believe Dill represents in a odd way. Dill is a childish little boy who likes to play with Jem and Scout in fact early on in the book when the kids were acting Dill “played the character parts formally thrust upon Scout” (jem pg 8). Along with being a good friend and i nice guy Dill only came during the summer and loved to play with the kids he even ran away from home one summer when he couldn't come just to be with them. Dill never really loses his innocence and, I believe because of that he would make a good comparison to the kids at the end of the book after the attack. Along with being a good comparison Dill points out

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