Jem was suddenly forced to recognize that not everything in life is fair and not everything works out the way we expect it to. He had spent his entire life believing that the people in his community were, overall, pretty decent people. When the jury found Tom Robinson guilty, it was like a caterpillar being forced out of its warm, safe cocoon into the harsh light of day - the cold, real world. Jem never believed the jury would find Tom guilty - he believed Atticus could convince them to see the truth. What he did not realize until the verdict came in is that even knowing the truth, which the jury probably did, they still were not going to side with a black man against a white woman.
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