Does growing up mean forgetting about your childhood?

          In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout, as she begins to grow older and become the proper lady her Aunt wants her to be, begins to forget about Boo Radley and the previous adventures she, Jem, and Dill made onto the Radley Place, in hope of seeing him once and for all. Over the course of the summer, many important things happened, and Scout's mind is thinking of other things. She no longer finds the place "scary" or "creepy" or gloomy", and does not have the feeling of fright when she paces the house. Still though, at the beginning of September (chapter 26), Scout recalls the multiple small gifts left for her and Jem in the tree by Boo. She imagines, if she were to ever encounter him, how it would go. But, after imagining this scenario in her head, she declares "It was only a fantasy. We [will] never see him" (Lee 325). But, earlier in the book, Dill says "Let's try to make [Boo] come out" (Lee 16). Scout is excited by this idea, but now, she doesn't feel much excitement towards the idea of meeting Boo anymore. She is losing interest as she grows older, and is becoming more and more like a lady. Scout is growing up, just like Jem, and becoming an adult, losing interest in the things she found exciting when she was a child.

-Emory