To Kill A Mockingbird Jem Coming Of Age Analysis
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.
To begin with, Jem tells Scout to grow up and ignore what Mrs. Dubose says to them, but Jem loses his temper and acts poorly after Mrs. Dubose says something to them. “Previous minor encounters with her left me with no desire for more, but Jem said I had to grow up sometime”. (Page 114). This is ironic because in the beginning of the …show more content…
Scout says, “This change in Jem had come in a matter of weeks” (Page 131) From the beginning when Jem was reading to Mrs. Dubose, he didn’t understand what was wrong with her. He didn’t understand why she acted the way she acted. By the time Jems month of reading to her was over, she had died. Atticus was sent to Mrs. Dubose house and later came back with a box that Mrs. Dubose had made for Jem. In the box there was one single white camellia flower. Atticus explains to Jem that Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict and that the reading was part of her effort to fight her addiction. This seemed to have been an eye opener for Jem. After the death of Mrs. Dubose Jem started to mature as a boy. In conclusion, Jems coming of age is developed at Mrs. Dubose house through irony, conflict, and mood. Jem was disappointed with the consequence that Mrs. Dubose had given him. But by the time his consequence was over, he had started to grow up or come of age. Mrs. Dubose death was a big step toward Jems coming of age. Jem didn’t know what Mrs. Dubose was going through. He judged her by her appearance without knowing that she was a morphine addict. Atticus once said “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” (Page
To begin with, Jem tells Scout to grow up and ignore what Mrs. Dubose says to them, but Jem loses his temper and acts poorly after Mrs. Dubose says something to them. “Previous minor encounters with her left me with no desire for more, but Jem said I had to grow up sometime”. (Page 114). This is ironic because in the beginning of the …show more content…
Scout says, “This change in Jem had come in a matter of weeks” (Page 131) From the beginning when Jem was reading to Mrs. Dubose, he didn’t understand what was wrong with her. He didn’t understand why she acted the way she acted. By the time Jems month of reading to her was over, she had died. Atticus was sent to Mrs. Dubose house and later came back with a box that Mrs. Dubose had made for Jem. In the box there was one single white camellia flower. Atticus explains to Jem that Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict and that the reading was part of her effort to fight her addiction. This seemed to have been an eye opener for Jem. After the death of Mrs. Dubose Jem started to mature as a boy. In conclusion, Jems coming of age is developed at Mrs. Dubose house through irony, conflict, and mood. Jem was disappointed with the consequence that Mrs. Dubose had given him. But by the time his consequence was over, he had started to grow up or come of age. Mrs. Dubose death was a big step toward Jems coming of age. Jem didn’t know what Mrs. Dubose was going through. He judged her by her appearance without knowing that she was a morphine addict. Atticus once said “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” (Page