Jem In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Jem is a mockingbird of only one person, his father Atticus Finch. Jem was not always like his father, but he gradually became more like him in different ways. Harper Lee writes, “How he could tell I was feeling bad under my costume I don’t know, but he said I did alright, I just came in a little late, that’s all. Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong,” (259). This quote shows that Jem’s changes were noticeable, even to his sister, Scout, who is around him everyday. Also, Scout says that Jem was almost as good as Atticus at making her feel right, showing that Jem is mocking Atticus. But not everything that Jem mocked Atticus on was good or helped anybody. For example, Harper Lee writes, “As