Jem is Atticus' son - also Scout's brother. During the course of the novel, he profoundly and rapidly matures. Scout being the little sister, always relying on her older brother, notices these transitions greatly. She slowly starts understanding her brother and also starts to live life with a different perspective. Jem finally recognizes true courage in none other than Atticus. He then becomes more mature and does not find childish things nor…
As Jem grows up, he begins to face many challenges and learns to take responsibility. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem ages from ten to thirteen. He goes through the same issues as adults in the Maycomb community do and in time he begins to understand the lesson that is to be learned. Jem begins to follow Atticus’ footsteps and his courage becomes stronger. He grows moodier and confusing as the story becomes darker.…
Jem specifically matures throughout the process of the Tom Robinson case and learns a positive lesson from the trial. After seeing the unfair way Tom Robinson was treated, Jem wants to protect and care for people no matter their age, skin color, reputation and personality. Jem also learns a few lessons from Atticus regarding the judgement of others. At the beginning of Chapter 25, His sister Scout is about to kill a roly-polly bug, Jem stops her and she asks why, Jem responds, "Because they don't bother you." (Lee 320) This quote relates to when Atticus teaches Scout and Jem about the importance lesson of…
Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, many characters change their views of life. Undergoing obstacles changed the lives and perspectives of the characters in the novel. As times change in a person’s life so do their perspective of life. Jem, Scout, and Dill have various adventures that mature them, and allow them to understand how the world works in the mind of an adult. The children’s mind slowly transforms from understanding situations like an adult to having the mind of an adult.…
Forging in the Midst of Order, Creating Chaos, and Revealing Changes “I think there are just one type of folks. Folks” ( Lee 231) says Scout, an eight-year-old girl filled with curiosity, innocence, and an open mind in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee portrays her views through Scout, who has not experienced the world and believes that each person, regardless of their character, race, or class, has the right to be treated equally amongst all. This does not occur in Maycomb, the small Alabama town in which Scout resides, and although she thinks that everyone is equal, Scout’s journey in life makes her realize that this is not true.…
Change is a very common part of life. However, there are always people who change more than some due to one thing or another. The character the changed the most throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is Jem, which can be seen mostly through his attitude change towards his sister and the world.…
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.…
Despite the stereotype is that all boys are unemotional and are supposed to act a certain way, Jem Finch is a boy who seems to act more feminine than he does masculine. In the novel, Harper Lee writes, “Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody” (Harper Lee, 61). This quote shows how he acts moody and enjoys being by himself with his thoughts. Of course, this challenges the male stereotype, adding to the theme of prejudice in Harper Lee’s novel.…
Scout, the narrator from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, learns life changing lessons in a few years. Although she might be young, that doesn’t mean that she is completely clueless. With her father, Atticus being a lawyer in the South during the 1930s she is judged by her father’s cases, although sometimes not in the most pleasant ways. Also with Jem, her brother, influencing her throughout the book, she learns more than most in just a few years. As Scout begins to grow up, her level of maturity begins to increase with her age. In the beginning when she is five years old, she believed everything. When she was almost seven years old, her mindset began to age. Once Scout turned nine years old, she has began to understand more than she needed to know.…
As Jem and Scout are watching the judge convict, Scout starts to cry, but Jem does the opposite. “‘It ain’t right’ he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where he found Atticus waiting”(pg.284). When readers examine this passage, they are able to sense this feeling of Jem transitioning into Mr.Finch. As he is hearing the convict, a feeling of anger overpowers him, enabling him to see how racism is affecting the South deeply. This contributes to the theme by showing Jem’s turning point from a kid to a mature man. Also, his perspective plays a huge role in this, as his anger is controlling his actions. Since Scout hasn’t realized the power of racism yet, her emotion are just for Tom, not for the movement. Another example of tone in the novel is when Jem is trying to tell Atticus that Maycomb County needs to understand that Tom Robinson didn’t do nothing to the girl. “‘He didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life”’(pg.293). This quote shows how Jem’s tone towards helping Tom has changed from anger to reason. The theme supports this by showing how the perspective of Jem is beginning to see the trial from all the different sides. Although he is too young to even participate in this kind of situation, he is beginning to understand the concepts of the kind of people there are in this world. Altogether, Jem’s coming of age for becoming a man can be seen in…
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Jem was able to grow in maturity from the experiences that helped shape his understanding of Boo Radley. As…
We all need to grow up someday to continue life. To Kill a Mockingbird shows coming of age experiences as an enormous part of this novel. It shows how things cause situations and feelings, how young adults face the reality of first-hand conflicts, and how these situations affect them. Scout and Jem undergo conditions to help them mature in the book. The encounters help them bloom throughout the novel with noticing the components and point of views involved in the situation.…
Jem changes, Throughout the book, Jem changes socially by having other feelings for other people. There are a few times when Jem feels bad like when him and Scout Fight. When he turns 12 he gets…
Childhood provides the opportunity to learn some of life’s most valuable lessons. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, we see the truth of this statement. One lesson learned, is that to understand a person's reasoning, one must first see the world from his or her point of view. We see Scout do this with Jem, after he visits the Radley lot:…
Jem is nine at the beginning of the novel, but then learns enough to get him by in the real world at his age. At the end of the novel, he is nearly thirteen. Throughout the novel, Lee shows how Jem is growing up, he sees himself more as a man: "Atticus is a gentleman, just a like me!"(Lee 131). Jem thinks that he is now a man so that is why he is yelling to Scout.…