Harper Lee has shown the children’s change in character by making them lose their innocence.

‘His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd’

This quotation is descibing Jem as he is leaving the court-house. The fact that he’s crying suggests that he is unhappy about the outcome of the Tom Robinson case. What interests me the most is that Jem is crying whilst walking through a crowd of people cheering. I can infer that Jem has come to the realisation that the people of Maycomb County are not the people he grew up believing them to be.

‘He would look up at Atticus, then down at the floor,’

This quotation is also describing Jem’s actions after the court-case. Jem may be acting like this because he might believe that it is Atticus’ fault that Tom Robinson has been wrongfully convicted. This could present a new side of Jem where he does not respect Atticus as much as he did.