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…
The book and the movie are shown to us in different ways. Scout is the main character being told about to the audience in the book, but Jem is the main character in the movie. In the movie, Jem is the one that finds the items in the knot hole in the tree. In the book,…
Atticus Finch played a few important roles in To Kill A Mockingbird. Primarily, a role at the top of the list would be the father figure Atticus was to Jem and Scout. Although Atticus didn’t spend much time with Jem and Scout, him being their father was the cause of many…
Jem shows bravery when he ventures back to Radley’s Place at two in the morning to retrieve his pants in order to hide his tracks. He also shows intelligence and leadership when planned the operation to send a note to Boo Radley and assigned Scout as the lookout.…
Miss Maudie summed up the right thought process when she said, “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” The difference in Scout and Jem’s belief of whether or not they should tell of Atticus’s talent were their ages. Scout is young when children accomplish or see something amazing they want to tell the first person they see. Jem is maturing and he understands that just because someone has a talent does not mean it is ok to boast about…
Throughout the story, we see Jem and Scout fight, and get into trouble. Scout struggles…
There are many people in To Kill a Mockingbird that have significant influences of Scout and Jem's actions. The two that stood out boldly to me, however, were Atticus and Calpurnia. Atticus, being the children's father, tought his kids many moral lessons. Calpurnia acted as a mother to Jem and Scout. Throughout every chapter these two characters…
Jem is a boy who doesn't act like a boy, showing us that it is okay for a guy to be emotional. Atticus is a single father who through his job as a lawyer works to help a black man accused of a rape he didn't commit. Lastly, the neighborhood “crazy” fellow, Boo Radley, shows that stories and rumors do not make a person, the true person can be totally different than how other people say. Everyone can be racists, but these three characters and others helped bring together a story that helped change…
One of the most important change that Jem goes through is taking andadult role in Scouts life. He walks her to the school play and he protects herfrom Bob Ewell when he tries to kill them. This…
To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, narrates an unbiased, non-filtered, and innocent viewpoint from that of Scout Finch. If the novel were to be rewritten from another’s perspective (such as Jem’s or Atticus’), the main concept of the book would be altered. The narrative of Atticus Finch would influence less of an impact; his knowledge and experience with the town of Maycomb would weaken the depth of Tom Robinson’s case. Just like Scout’s—Jem’s outlook would also call attention to the problematic practice of racism. However, his sense of understanding the immorality of it is more mature than her. His narrative would seem biased; which insinuates that Harper Lee would have written To Kill a Mockingbird to discriminate against racists.…
In the novel, “To kill a mockingbird,” by Harper Lee many characters seem to change and evolve throughout. I believe Jem has changed the most although some say Scout has. Jem has changed the most because he defends his sister, he tells scout not to kill an innocent insect, and he isn’t afraid to touch the Radley place.…
“You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” (Lee 237). Atticus always tells Jem and Scout to never judge people until you take a walk in their shoes. For a while, Scout couldn’t fathom the idea of seeing things from another person’s perspective. Not because of her selfishness, but because her innocence, and immaturity. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small, ordinary town in Maycomb, Alabama; although, for the main characters Jem and Scout Finch, life is everything but ordinary. The book takes place during the early 1930s, and goes on a three-year journey through the fascinating lives of the Finches. The coming of age is an occurring theme in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee through the following…
Who would be excited to read an angry old woman? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem grow up in a small town in Alabama. Throughout the novel Jem experiences many good and bad things and starts to come of age. One important scene when Jem comes of age is when he has to read to Mrs. Dubose. Jem comes of age through the novel at Mrs. Dubose house through irony, conflict, and mood.…
The reason his conflict was such a heavy burden was because all his life, Jem knew everyone, he thought they were all good, respectable people until judgment day for Tom. He really thought people would make the right decision and save Tom’s life.He was wrong, everyone walked out of judgment room not glancing once at Tom the mallet fell saying the words guilty, Jem never felt the same of his community again.This did not affect him in a bad way it affected him very positively making him more mature he wanted to be able to look out for his sister and keep her safe. Just like he did that day when Mr.Ewell attacked them trying to kill him and his sister, but he fought back protecting her until Boo got there to save them.in this passage it shows when Jem pulls Mr.Ewell of of Scout saving her”He slowly squeezed the breath out of me. I could not move. Suddenly he was jerked backwards and flung on the ground, almost carrying me with him. I thought, Jem's up.” this was the part where Jem had to protects his family right before when Boo came to finish the job off with sticking a knife up under Mr. Ewell rib…
Because of his refusal, Jem is against the status quo, since his conscience tells him that lynching Tom Robinson isn’t correct, even if he was accused of rape. Jem knows that Tom has not been proven guilty and hasn’t been given a fair trial, so Tom Robinson should not be sentenced to death, by those who aren’t the judges of the court. Jem knows that lynching is not moral, and Jem is a moral…