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    Analyse the character of Jem from the whole of ’To Kill a Mockingbird’ In the book ’To Kill a Mockingbird’‚ Harper Lee the author creates many different fascinating characters. One of the main characters in the book is Jem (Jeremy) Finch. Throughout the book‚ it shows us three years in Jem’s life as Jem ages from 10 to 13 over the course of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a period of great change in any child’s life as he is progressing into adolescence and at that age children are finding themselves

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    Martin Luther King. Malcolm X. Gandhi. These are just a few examples of people considered as heroes. People who choose to put others before themselves despite the consequences they may face. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is a white father who is a loving father to his two children who works as a lawyer defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of raping a white woman. It is Mr. Ewell who accuses him of raping his daughter‚ which shows that even the lowest of

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    Atticus Finch‚ the father of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a great parent for a number of reasons. He is a good example to everyone around him. Atticus is an excellent parent who teaches his kids valuable lessons‚ the Golden Rule‚ and the importance of treating everyone equally. Throughout the book‚ Atticus teaches Jem and Scout valuable lessons that will help them later in life. One of the valuable lessons that he taught them was to care for those around them and especially each other

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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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    One of Jem’s character traits is that he is persistent. He continues to play football even though his arm was slightly disfigured and is barely conscious of it when he is playing. Jem is also brave and courageous. This is shown when Dill dares him to touch Boo Radley’s house. According to Scout‚ "In all his life‚ Jem had never declined a dare." This also shows that he has a lot of pride. Jem also chose to defy Atticus’ order to go home that night at the jail cell‚ standing his ground. This prevented

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    The novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ has many interesting characters such as Atticus Finch‚ Arthur ’Boo’ Radley‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ Scout FinchJem Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ Mr. Dolphus Raymond‚ etc.. However‚ Scout Finch is a character that has sparked my interest. The novel is written from Scout’s point of view. Scout is a young girl who has a very interesting train of thought‚ capturing my attention with her blunt‚ naïve point of view. Along with the capturing story‚ Harper Lee takes

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    Scout Finch is a young girl who has no clue of the racism and segregation present in her world. She was born in a time where African Americans weren’t respected by many white people‚ but her father is someone who goes against that. Atticus Finch is a very well liked lawyer‚ until he takes up the case of Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of assaulting Mayella Ewell. The Ewell’s claims of Tom Robinson assaulting her all seemed a little fishy‚ but Robinson was wrongly accused of the crime and was sent

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a book based on family and good relations. Most of the book is founded off of position‚ physical and mental traits‚ and racism.One of the main characters of the book was a man named Atticus Finch and he was well known in Maycomb. Atticus was a very influential person in To Kill A Mockingbird and his role and relationships in Maycomb were key points in the story.One of his most important relationships Atticus had would be the relationship he had with his community

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    Atticus Finch is a fictional character in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ and the father of Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Atticus is a central character in the novel. In 2003‚ Atticus Finch‚ as portrayed by Gregory Peck in the 1962 film adaptation‚ was voted by the American Film Institute to be the greatest hero in American film.[1] Claudia Durst Johnson noted

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    The novel I have studied is To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The character I have chosen is Atticus Finch because he is kind and understanding. Atticus expresses everything that a father should be like. He is a man of great strength and courage. He is a teacher‚ a protector‚ and a friend. He takes on these responsibilities without hesitation‚ and cares for Scout and Jem. Some say it’s a poor effort at parenthood‚ but the reader sees that this is what makes him an exemplary father. Atticus’

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