This excerpt from the poem tells of a grown man reminiscing back to days of childhood innocence, back to the days of being told that the only thing that matters is that he is happy. But then says that after all of that David Kirby says that as he grows he learnt how cruel and sad love is, as well as all lives must come to an end, and sadness is inevitable. These are valuable lessons about how sick and twisted the real world is which are learned as someone grows up from a child to an adult. These same lessons are Taught to Jean Louise “Scout” Finch throughout the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The entire book itself is Scout looking back at joyfull, innocent, and fun childhood memories as well as events that brought upon sadness that also taught lessons important lessons on the sadness that the real world brings. The Tom Robinson case in particular taught Scout how how unfair life is and the outcome of the case showed them that there are many things in life that bring sadness. Those things can be the unfair treatment of African Americans or how many people will be affected by the outcome of the case, like Tom’s wife and kids. Ultimately both Scout and David Kirby both look back at fond moments of their innocent childhood and how their coming of age taught them important lessons on how realistic and sad the real world is. …show more content…
Through coming of age kids learn lessons that strip away their naiveness and teaches them to grow and figure out that not everything will be fine sometimes and that sadness will always be prevalent in