To Begin with‚ Jem seemed to mature a lot over the story.”Overnight‚ it seemed‚ Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me several times he went so far as to tell me what to do"(Page 131). In the beginning of the story‚ Jem loved to play childhood games which were fun for all children in the area. The children especially Scout enjoyed the games they created about Boo Radley. When Dill begins to come and visit‚ the children become overly obsessive about getting Boo
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Scout Finch who lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus‚ in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression‚ but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society.There are multiple themes in the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee. However‚ one of the most important is courage. This theme is shown almost by all of the characters in the novel but mainly by Jem‚ Scout
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Jeremy Finch through his younger sister and narrator‚ Scout Finch. Jem is a young boy growing up in the 1930’s deep south of America. Throughout the text Scout sees Jem display characteristics similar to Atticus that contradict common society‚ his maturation into a young man and his continuing childish perspective. One characteristic shown of Jem Finch that is similar to Atticus is his ability to empathize or “….climb into their skin and walk around in it.” (pg 31). During the novel Jem develops
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jump into danger blindly. Atticus Finch knows that courage is being afraid of problems ahead and powering through this fear. On page 149‚ Atticus explains this difference. He states‚ “[Courage is] when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” By this he means that courage is when one knows the danger that lies ahead‚ and they know how bad it could be‚ but they are determined enough to reach their goal. When Atticus
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she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” The quote by Atticus expresses Atticus’ thoughts about courage. While Atticus believes that all types of courage; physical‚ intellectual‚ and moral; are important‚ he believes that moral courage is the most important of all. Atticus tries to show Jem this‚ and Jem sees that Mrs. Dubose was exceptionally courageous. Atticus doesn’t stand idly by his words‚ he adheres to what he says and acts upon his words. The novel
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The character Jem‚ Scout‚ Atticus‚ and Mrs. Dubose all run into unavoidable conflict that they overcome or try to overcome‚ from it being Jem and Scout struggle with Mrs. Dubose or Atticus’s struggle to protect Jem and Scout from the madness that surrounds them. Jem and Scout hatred for Mrs. Dubose‚ who would call them vulgar names and in all‚ tell them that everything they were doing was wrong‚ grew more and more as the chapter went on. The pressure starts to take build when‚ Jem and Scout have
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Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Jem Finch matures and becomes a person with good morals‚ that he has learned from his father‚ Atticus Finch. After Jem learns about the humility of Atticus and his talent of marksmanship he says to his sister‚ Scout‚”...I wouldn’t care if he couldn’t do a blessed thing… Atticus is a gentleman just like me”(Lee 99). Jem has a change in character‚ he learns it isn’t about what other people are doing‚ it’s about what is right. Jem now wants to be like his father who
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“Come on‚” I whispered. We ran across the square until we were hidden from view. Why the heck was Atticus was hangin’ ‘round the jailhouse this time at night? Only thing ‘round here at this time were the niggers. But‚ I was proven wrong when shadowy silhouettes got out of cars in pairs and walked purposely towards Atticus. From our vantage point‚ the men blocked Atticus from view and they spoke so softly that I could barely hear them. Something… something about this situation was just… fishy. Yeah
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yet‚” Atticus Finch famously quotes when he and his children‚ Jem and Jean Louise‚ informally known as Scout‚ confront trials and tribulations within their lives (Lee 139). Harper Lee‚ the infamous author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ sets the scene of her novel in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ during the nineteen thirties‚ a time of racial prejudice and the Great Depression. Living as a single parent during this pressing time‚ Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer in the town of Maycomb‚ is aware that shielding Jem and
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have a different view of their education‚ inside and outside of the schoolhouse. The Finch family includes Scout Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus Finch. For Atticus being a lawyer‚ and for being a wealthy white man‚ the Finch family had it pretty well off compared to others during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Before first grade had even started‚ Scout already knew how to read because Atticus had taught when she was an infant and they have been reading stories ever since. Scout
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