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How do Scout and Jem change and develop during the course of the novel?
Firstly at the beginning of the novel scout and Jem are childish and play childish games.
'Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo radley come out.'
In the novel making Boo radley come out is seen as a childish game because boo never comes out. The adults of maycomb just leave him alone as he has not been out all of his life. This shows scout's and Jem's immaturity because they just think of what they want, which is to see boo radley, not what boo may want to do.
In addition another example of scout's and Jem's immaturity is they are jealous over a lot of things.
'Our father didn't do anything. He worked in an office not in a drug store. He was not sheriff or anything that would possibly arouse the admiration of anyone.'
Here we see Jem and scout acting childish because they are jealous of other people's fathers. This shows childish behavior because when you get older you know it isn't what job your dad does which makes him good, it is
Jem, Scout and Dill are all young people who learn from people and events around them. How does Harper Lee show them learning and developing?
The children all learn from Atticus throughout the novel, but they also obtain their knowledge through events and other adults. Scout and Jem are separated by age while Dill is separated through family lie, though he returns each summer to Maycomb, where he stays with his Aunt Rachel but spends most of his time with the Finches. The lessons learned by the three of them, however, are all in the first part (chapters 1-11) while they have the chance to put them into practise in the second half. This is one way in which Harper Lee allows the children to develop, as her manipulation of structure is important and effectual in this way.
Scout, as the youngest, usually learns her lessons from Atticus and Jem but, although he is older, Jem learns from Scout's mistakes and actions. She is fascinated by
Firstly at the beginning of the novel scout and Jem are childish and play childish games.
'Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo radley come out.'
In the novel making Boo radley come out is seen as a childish game because boo never comes out. The adults of maycomb just leave him alone as he has not been out all of his life. This shows scout's and Jem's immaturity because they just think of what they want, which is to see boo radley, not what boo may want to do.
In addition another example of scout's and Jem's immaturity is they are jealous over a lot of things.
'Our father didn't do anything. He worked in an office not in a drug store. He was not sheriff or anything that would possibly arouse the admiration of anyone.'
Here we see Jem and scout acting childish because they are jealous of other people's fathers. This shows childish behavior because when you get older you know it isn't what job your dad does which makes him good, it is
Jem, Scout and Dill are all young people who learn from people and events around them. How does Harper Lee show them learning and developing?
The children all learn from Atticus throughout the novel, but they also obtain their knowledge through events and other adults. Scout and Jem are separated by age while Dill is separated through family lie, though he returns each summer to Maycomb, where he stays with his Aunt Rachel but spends most of his time with the Finches. The lessons learned by the three of them, however, are all in the first part (chapters 1-11) while they have the chance to put them into practise in the second half. This is one way in which Harper Lee allows the children to develop, as her manipulation of structure is important and effectual in this way.
Scout, as the youngest, usually learns her lessons from Atticus and Jem but, although he is older, Jem learns from Scout's mistakes and actions. She is fascinated by