Family is an important part of life. Families shape us to who we are today, what we say, and how we control our lives. They are a need when growing up. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the book is about the life of a eight year old white girl in the early 1930’s when the Great Depression was at its peak and not many people had enough money to support themselves. Jem was always protective around Scout because she has always had a big mouth and Scout had always relied on Jem to be her playmate throughout her years, this has created a solid sibling relationship with one another. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, she uses Scout and Jem to explore sibling love.
Harper Lee starts the book through Jean Louise perspective talking about Jem’s injury in the elbow, this makes no sense that we don’t know information about the characters and they have …show more content…
They may pester you with questions you hate answering, and you tell them to go away. This has happened in the book many time when Jem has told Scout to go away and does not answer her questions. I can tell you from personal experience that older brothers can be moody. Many people with older siblings can relate to this. This aspect of the book is extremely accurate then as it is now on how older sibling handle little siblings.
Lastly, sibling protect each other from danger or plain stupidity. In the end of the book, Jem protects Scout from Robert Ewell because he was trying to kill them both because of the case between him and Tom Robinson. Jem protected Scout as she ran as fast as she could with her costume on, which wasn’t very fast because she didn’t have shoes on and the costume was very awkward to walk in even. Although everyone is safe expect Mr. Ewelle, this can show that sibling will protect their family before themselves even if it is not the smartest thing to