Jem‚ a young‚ caring‚ and smart boy plays an important role as Scout’s older brother in the novel To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee. Jem tries to stay composed and calm like his Father‚ Atticus‚ does in negative and hurtful situations‚ but Jem still has more to learn and when all the pressure of being mature and being a responsible example for scout builds up he breaks down and loses his temper. For example when Jem and Scout both get insults thrown their way repeditally by Ms. Dubose‚ their old
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Scout Finch is the main character of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. The author of the novel is Harper Lee. This novel was written over the course of three years. Scout Finch is the one who is narrating the novel. She is also the daughter of Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer and a great father. Scout has a older brother named Jem. Scout and her family live in Maycomb County. Scout is a very unique character‚ she has many characteristics. Over the course of the novel‚ Scout Finch is a curious‚ intelligent
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relationships in the book. Throughout the novel we read about Jem and Scout at many ages. We read about Jem from when he’s a child to a young adult and about Scout when she’s a child. We see them grow all throughout the course of the novel. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird the author shows how Jem matures. He is still a boy at this point (chapter 16-20) in the book but is reaching manhood. This shown through his reaction to the trial of Tom Robinson. Jem actually starts to cry because the court made an injustice
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Jeremy Atticus Finch‚ or Jem as he is called by Scout‚ is the narrator’s brother in To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem is an athletic ten year old boy. Everyday during the summer he will play outside with his sister‚ Scout‚ and their friend Dill. As well as being athletic he is adventurous and highly spirited. He will run through the streets and climb trees‚ until Calpurnia‚ the cook‚ tells him to come inside. Jem is courageous and daring‚“in all his life‚ Jem had never declined a dare” (Lee 12). He can
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A final aspect in which Jem matures and changes is in his views on racism. At the beginning of the novel‚ Jem never realizes the issue of the black and white that is prevalent in the south during the time in which the novel is taking place. After all‚ Calpurnia‚ a black lady for whom he shows respect the same as he does to white ladies‚ is raising him and Scout. One of the first instances in which Jem comes face-to-face with racism is when Calpurnia takes him and Scout to the black church with her
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and there is still heavy racism. However there are good people like Atticus Finch that are accepting of everyone regardless of the color of their skin. To Kill A Mockingbird is still relevant in schools today because the book gives many events for learning: the coming of age journey from diverse‚ intriguing characters‚ the lesson of accepting others aside from differences and the difficult road of American racism. Scout Finch is the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird
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Living in the pages of a classic novel‚ there is a girl named Jean Louise Finch‚ or rather‚ Scout. She is young and untainted by the world’s prejudices‚ and she possesses a mind full of curiosity. Scout wondered about many things. She wondered why Mrs. Dubose is such a mean old hag‚ about why Arthur‚ Boo‚ Radley never leaves his house‚ and why must a girl become a lady? The question that Scout pondered most about‚ however‚ was what it means to kill a mockingbird. The character Scout and the book
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Jean Louise Finch‚ A Dynamic Person “As I made my way home‚ I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn’t much else left for us to learn‚ except possibly algebra.” (pg374) This quote from the end of To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper is when Scout realizes she has learned a lot about life in the past two years. She grows up and matures greatly throughout the novel. A dynamic character from To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch‚ who changes from a naïve and aggressive tomboy to a calmer‚ more
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The coming of age novels‚ “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ and “A Separate Peace”‚ by John Knowles‚ both interpret the lives of teenage boys confronting their conflicts and inner confusion to reach the level of maturity. By reading these two pieces‚ we as readers can relate to the characters in the novels‚ as if they are true human beings. J.D. Salinger uses Holden Caulfield‚ the same way as John Knowles uses Gene Forester‚ to show us how‚ through conflict we are able to grow as humans
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If your daughter or son demonstrated a lesson learned how would you react? Jem and Scout‚ in the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ are the children of Atticus Finch. The gradual but significant growth helps Scout understand the meaning of mockingbirds‚ Jem learn to empathize with the harmless beings in life and together show that no matter what they experience they will hold to what they know is right. Scout believes Boo Radley to be a “six-and-a-half feet tall [man]‚[who had blood-stained hands and drooled]”
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