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Essay On Changes In To Kill A Mockingbird
Have you ever seen children change mentally overtime? Here I’m going to be talking about which child changed the most in To Kill A Mockingbird. It seems like both the kids have changed a lot in specific ways. If you know how much Scout has changed prepare for Jem’s changes. Jem has had many changes in the story To Kill A Mockingbird from him being called different names to having a new attitude in the book.

First, at one point in the story Jem snitches on Dill which breaks their childhood rule. When Jem and Scout found Dill under the bed and listened to his story, Jem had then “went out of the room and down the hall” to snitch him out to Atticus (Lee 188). This is one change Jem has had that makes him different than before. He has realized that an adult should know Dill has ran away from
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Scout doesn’t really want to grow up and be a lady but she realizes “if Aunty could be a lady in a time like this, so could [she]” (Lee 318). This shows a little bit of how Scout has changed by noticing her change of thought on acting like a lady. Scout most of the story acts like a tomboy and always denies others about growing up to be a lady herself. On the other hand, I do not believe this means she has changed more than Jem overall throughout this story.

Finally, going through some of the things that were changed from the characters in the beginning of the story, it seems Jem has changed greatly compared to Scout. Even when Calpurnia notices Jem’s change she tells Scout not to “fret too much over Mister Jem” (Lee 153). This even shows that others know that Jem is having a change because she is treating him differently by calling him a Mister. Changes like this one is not seen with Scout. Therefore, I believe Jem has evolved the most here because of his change in maturity that is shown when he tells on Dill and wants Scout to listen to

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