The coming of age shown throughout the book "To Kill A Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee
The coming of age of Jem, Jeremy Finch, is shown in many ways
through out the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He changes
socially. He changes mentally. His feelings change emotionally. He also
changes to become more of an adult figure. Another way he changes is that
he changes physically.
Jem changes through out the book socially by the way he starts having
better feelings toward other people. There are many times when Jem start
feeling bad for other people in the story, like when him and scout get in a
fight but even though their mad at each other he still is grow up enough to
know that he should say 'Night, Scout.' There are also many other
incidents, like when he goes out and teaches Dill how to swim. Jem also goes
through some bad social change when he turns 'twelve. He is difficult to live
with, inconsistent, and moody.'(115). These are only a few of the things that
Jem does to show that he is growing up in his social ways.
Mental change is another type of change that Jem goes through. Jem
start to think like an adult as he gets older in the book. He shows it at the
trial of Tim Robinson when the jury is in the jury room and he starts to talk to
Reverend Sykes. He starts saying thing about the trial and Reverend Sykes
ask him not to talk like that in front of Scout. Which shows that he knows
what he is talking about.(see page 208-209). There is also the time when he
had to go and read to Mrs. Dubose which he later finds out about her drug
addiction which he fully understands. So those are ways he changes mentally.
Jem changes physically in many ways in the story. His hair stuck up
behind and down in front, and I wondered if it would it would ever look like a
man's-maybe if he shaved it off and started over, his hair would grow back
neatly in place. His eyebrows were becoming heavier, and I noticed a new
slimness about his body. He was growing taller.(225) There was also when
Jem tried to show Scout his hair on his chest
through out the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He changes
socially. He changes mentally. His feelings change emotionally. He also
changes to become more of an adult figure. Another way he changes is that
he changes physically.
Jem changes through out the book socially by the way he starts having
better feelings toward other people. There are many times when Jem start
feeling bad for other people in the story, like when him and scout get in a
fight but even though their mad at each other he still is grow up enough to
know that he should say 'Night, Scout.' There are also many other
incidents, like when he goes out and teaches Dill how to swim. Jem also goes
through some bad social change when he turns 'twelve. He is difficult to live
with, inconsistent, and moody.'(115). These are only a few of the things that
Jem does to show that he is growing up in his social ways.
Mental change is another type of change that Jem goes through. Jem
start to think like an adult as he gets older in the book. He shows it at the
trial of Tim Robinson when the jury is in the jury room and he starts to talk to
Reverend Sykes. He starts saying thing about the trial and Reverend Sykes
ask him not to talk like that in front of Scout. Which shows that he knows
what he is talking about.(see page 208-209). There is also the time when he
had to go and read to Mrs. Dubose which he later finds out about her drug
addiction which he fully understands. So those are ways he changes mentally.
Jem changes physically in many ways in the story. His hair stuck up
behind and down in front, and I wondered if it would it would ever look like a
man's-maybe if he shaved it off and started over, his hair would grow back
neatly in place. His eyebrows were becoming heavier, and I noticed a new
slimness about his body. He was growing taller.(225) There was also when
Jem tried to show Scout his hair on his chest