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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee shows the characteristics of the 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

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    The book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird” has a large arsenal of characters. These characters really makes the book intriguing. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ generously devotes time developing each character so the reader can really get to know them. One of the main and most beloved characters of the book is Charles Baker Harris‚ also known as “Dill.” Dill arrives in the first chapter of the book and immediately becomes friends with Jem and Scout. Dill possesses three distinct characteristics. In the book

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    In‚ To 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

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    make generalizations about a person”. Boo Radley‚ a character of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ often keeps to himself in his house. He is barely outside the house and the people of Maycomb County have the fallacy of him being a monster to scare the town. Jem describes Boo as‚ ”about six-and-a-half feet tall‚ judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch‚ that’s why his hands were bloodstained” (Lee 14). Not a lot of people have seen Boo or gotten to know him‚ so it is easy

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    The characters in the book To Kill a Mockingbird have changed a lot throughout the novel. They have many different 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

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    the more it will have those that speak it.” Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ a character in the fictional book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ develops his maturity‚ within the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Jem’s transitional stage from the ages of ten to thirteen that are covered in the novel‚ prove to be the most altering experiences‚ that shape him into the young man he turns out to be. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character‚ Jem Finch‚ develops his own understanding of morals‚ establishes a

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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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    I think that Boo Radley should be locked up in jail‚ he is reckless and dangerous. Who knows what he gets up to during the night while we’re all sleepin’! His brother says he stays in the house‚ but we don’t know that for sure‚ now do we. Let me tell you a lil’ somethin’ about Boo Radley‚ he is a maniac. One night I awoke to see Boo Radley starin’ right through my window at me‚ oh and I know that if I hadn’t woken and seen him‚ he would’ve tried to kill me in my sleep! It is unsafe to have such a

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    in his shoes and walk around in them” (Lee 237). Atticus always tells Jem and Scout to never judge people until you take a walk in their shoes. For a while‚ Scout couldn’t fathom the idea of seeing things from another person’s perspective. Not because of her selfishness‚ but because her innocence‚ and immaturity. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a small‚ ordinary town in Maycomb‚ Alabama; although‚ for the main characters Jem and Scout Finch‚ life is everything but ordinary. The book takes place

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    Arthur ‘boo’ radley At the start of the novel ‘boo’ is described as a “malevolent phantom”. Boo is never seen outside the house. ”phantom” shows us that harper lee wants to hint that boo haunts his house like a ghost would. The fact that “phantom” is used and ghost isn’t means that the reader is meant to think that boo is evil. This is backed up by the word “malevolent” showing that boo wishes to harm others something only a “phantom” would do. This idea of Boo being a “phantom” is further enforced

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