What It Takes to Make A Child Cry

Author's Note: I found a piece in To Kill A Mockingbird that really spoke to me. It's found on page 198.

All children are sensitive until they reach their teenaged years, and all cares fade away. But while they are children, cuts, scrapes and bruises can cause tears for hours. Unlike adults though, they have no real emotions for negative words and events. Knowing this, I found it strange how halfway through the court case in To Kill A Mockingbird, Dill broke out in tears. Reverand Stykes, Jem and Scout took him outside and prompted him to explain his emotions. Dill was sick to the point of tears on the racism of the people of Maycomb County. If such unfairness can do this to a child, then just imagine what it must be doing to adults like Judge Taylor. Dills sadness proves what the case is doing to the county, and everyone in it.