Jem Finch Mature

He constantly makes or doesn’t make certain decisions in the hopes that his connection to others will remain as good as possible. He doesn’t perform a single action without thinking about how it makes others feel or the impression he gives about himself. The best example of this is the relationship he has with his father. Regarding the night that Jem’s curiosity drove him to sneak behind the Radley house, Scout wants to inform their father of the events that occurred. In response, Jem says, “‘I—it’s like this, Scout,’ he muttered. “Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way’” (Lee 75). Here, Jem shows his driving ambition to be seen as an admirable son in the eyes of his father. While this choice may also present a sense of dishonesty, it is later shown that Jem regretted disturbing the Radley home in the first place when he says, “‘I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time… it’s because he wants to stay inside’” (Lee 304). So, even though he’s concerned with the way that others think of him, the way he accomplishes this is to make changes to himself for the better. This is shown during the trial as well. When Jem supports Tom Robinson, whether it is for the approval of his father, the black community, or even himself, the motive doesn’t necessarily matter, so long as he actually

Jem’s mental and “moral transformation” into a young adult that is mentioned periodically throughout the novel is critical to his character development and him finding his identity (Murray). Jem struggled with learning how “to reconcile his childhood belief” that the people who told the truth would get justice (Murray). His childhood beliefs were proven wrong when the reality of the deeply-rooted racism is exhibited in Tom Robinson’s trial. After witnessing the harsh truth, Jem decided that he wanted to be like his father Atticus and become a lawyer so that the innocent got the justice they deserved. Jem witnessing the brutality of the trial leads him to self-discovery.

In the beginning of the book, Jem is shown playing with Scout and Dill. As the story goes on, Jem begins to become more aware of the social expectations for himself and Scout. “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. After one altercation when Jem hollered, ‘It’s time you started bein’ a girl and acting right!’” (Lee 153) This quote shows how Jem has changed from a jubilant and adventurous child to a irritable and defiant teenager. Jem’s is not as innocent as when he was younger, and he is not the only one in Maycomb whose innocence has been changed because of Maycomb. “Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father’s right," she said. "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 119) Atticus is relating mockingbirds to people. Atticus is saying that just like those sweet mockingbirds

During the novel, Jem shows empathy to little Walter cunningham when he stops Scout from beating him up for not taking a quarter from their teacher and getting her in trouble for sticking up for him, Jem instead invites him home to eat lunch with them.Jem knows no matter what Walter couldn't have taken that money from their teacher , Miss.Caroline, in order to protect his family pride. Secondly, after years of making fun of Boo radley and even creating a game about him, while sitting at the table after the trial, he tells Scout that he finally gets why Boo Radley never comes out of his house. At this point, Jem is finally realizing that the people of Maycomb are not the best people in the world and have actually treated Boo very badly over the years. As a final point Jem shows empathy to his father,Atticus, when after being angry about Atticus not participating in the church football game Jem sees him shoot Tim Johnson,the rabid dog roaming the streets of Maycomb, he says “I wouldn't care if he couldn't do a blessed thing”.(Lee 131) Meaning Jem would not care if Atticus could not do a thing he was just happy he was his dad.Jem is showing empathy because he finally understands Atticus in ways he never did before.Jem just like Scout learns a lot over the time that this novel covers. Jem learns about empathy and how to treat

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about how good and evil can co-exist in the world. The two main characters in the novel are Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch who lives in the small town called Maycomb located in Alabama. The town Maycomb is full of people who contradict themselves. Although Jem and Scout grow up to be more mature throughout the book by realizing the things about the world, the adults in the town are still able to mature and grow also. Although they have been through many more life experiences than Jem and Scout, they still have their faults.

The author’s use of Jem shows how innocence can be crushed by the ignorance of the judges of Maycomb. During the trial of Tom Robinson, Jem was very confident that his father, Atticus Finch, would win the trial. But when the judges came back to reveal who had won, Jem was shocked. “Judge Taylor was polling the Jury: Guilty… Guilty… Guilty… Guilty…, I (Scout) peeked at Jem: His hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each “guilty” was a separate stab between them.”(Lee 178) This relates back to the thesis because

Jem, Scout and Dill felt like they had to find Atticus because of his suspicious actions. That night, Atticus was carrying a long electrical extension cord and he drove the car; Atticus didn`t usually take the car because he liked to walk. They found Atticus and Scout felt like runnig to him, hoping for a surprised and happy look from Atticus. During that time, the children were terrified and didn`t really know what was happening. The next day, Jem feels like the Cunninghams are their enemies, Scout wants to beat up Walter and Dill feels accomplished. These events reveal Jem is very mature and Scout is still

Jem Finch is an unique character in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, through chapters four and five. We are given insight into Jem’s motivation behind his actions through the perspective of Scout and how his traits impact the novel itself. Jem possesses traits of bravery, authoritativeness, and obsessiveness.

Jeremy “Jem” Finch is a leading protagonist in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mocking Bird” published in 1960. Jem matured greatly throughout the duration of the book, starting to resemble and idolize his father, achieves the status of a guardian to his sister and introduces a whole new set of ideals in his lifestyle. He embodies the themes of growth. Throughout the novel we see how perceptions of things such as courage, respect, tolerance, and cruelty changes Jem as he matures.

Jem Finch is a character who is prominent in the development of the story yet is not the main character. He is there while Scout grows up, changing rapidly throughout their experiences. Jem closely resembles his father in attitude after he learns how unfair life can really be (in the trial of Tom Robinson). Both Scout and Jem have a similar naive set mind in the beginning, but as Jem grows he thinks to be far superior than his younger sibling. The author in “To Kill a Mockingbird” shows quite expertly how a young child's mind develops.

Throughout the novel, Jem had changed maturity wise significantly. In the beginning of the novel, Jem is a 10 year old boy. He is playful in aspects where he plays make believe games with his sister, he is terrified at the story another human being, and he is very sensitive to many things. As the novel progresses, these young traits in Jem fade away and are replaced with more intellectual ones. While being a 10 year old boy, Jem does many things in which would disobey his father as any child his age would. When Jem disobeys Atticus, he goes and tells him, or when Atticus finds out, Jem does not attempt to cover up his story. Jem does many playful, fun activities with his friend Dill and sister Scout that Atticus would disapprove of. In this quote from the book, it displays both the younger side of Jem and the immature side in which Jem believes he needs to appear strong and proud for his friend. “Jem wanted Dill to know once and for all that he wasn’t scared

Jem´s Moral Integrity Jeremy Atticus Finch, or Jem as we know him, is a twelve year old boy raised under the jurisdiction of Atticus Finch. Jem is the eldest of two and the only boy. Being the older sibling, Jem realizes the long held values of Maycomb, but only as he matures does he understand what it means to have moral integrity. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not only a novel telling Scout's story, but Jem´s as well.

When children grow up, they face difficult problems, and they learn to take responsibility. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem shows major growth as a 11 year old boy. In the beginning of the book Jem is always with his 8 year old sister Scout, but as Jem grows older, he starts to grow apart from his sister and starts to become more independent as a person. Also, Jem and Scout's father Atticus Finch is a lawyer and he is offered a job to defend a black man in the 1930’s in Alabama which was a very racist time period in American history. Atticus gladly accepts the job and it changes the whole perspective of his son Jem and he starts to become more and more different from the society surrounding him.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee, there is two children Jem and Jean (Scout for short) throughout the entirety of the novel, The children are living in great depression times with their father, Atticus. They live in Maycomb county and their father is a lawyer. They enjoy their childhood with a young boy named Dill who comes to live in Maycomb county with his aunt every summer. Through the novel the two children grow older and mature with time and changes. In my essay, I will be showing how they matured and grow older with age and maturity. And how Jem and Scouts childhood was taken away and replaced with the new. Proving that childhood innocence becomes destroyed and turned into maturity, with time and events.

During the process of the trial, Jem experiences his coming of age and lost innocence moment by opening his eyes to the racism he is constantly surrounded by. When Tom Robinson lost the trial, Jem instantly matured and realized how racism in Maycomb was the only reason Tom lost. After Tom was declared guilty, the kids walked with Atticus, “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain’t right’” (Lee, 1960, p. 284). Throughout the entirety of the trial, Jem was blinded by his innocence and thought there was no possible way that Tom could lose the trial. It was the moment when the jury declared Tom Robinson guilty that Jem lost his innocence and started opening his eyes to the world. This quote illustrates how frustrated Jem was by the unfairness of the trial. Jem now understands the only reason Tom Robinson lost the trial was because of his skin color. Due to his young age, he had not yet succumb to the disease of Maycomb and realized racism is not right. Furthermore, when Tom Robinson lost the trial, Jem’s perspective of Maycomb changed Jem is left to understand the reality of people’s biased opinions. When talking to Miss Maudie, Jem described to her, “‘It’s like bein’ a caterpillar in a