Character Analysis Of Jem Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Jem’s perception of bravery has changed throughout the course of the book. His maturity is a result of Atticus’s actions around him. At the beginning of the book, Jem is dared by his neighbour Dill to touch the door of the Radley’s; the

Over the course of the novel, the reader watches Jem mature from age 10 to age 13, growing up from a brave and playful boy, to a calm, collected young man similar to the likes of his father Atticus. One of the most important life lessons that Atticus teaches Jem is to always do the right thing even if it’s the hardest thing to do. Atticus Finch is known as a man who is “the same in his house as he is on the public streets.” (Lee, pg. 61) He lived by morals, and always abade by them. After Atticus took up the court case of Tom Robinson, a coloured man, he had many people insult him and make fun of him. Atticus knew that he couldn’t refuse the case, as he stated “before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”(Lee, pg.140) Atticus took the job that no person wanted, especially knowing that he was going to lose the case before it even began. In doing so, Atticus shows Jem that you should always be a man of your morals, that you should always do the right thing even if it is the hardest thing to do. Although he has a hard time understanding Atticus’ actions at first, Jem begins to comprehend his father’s values in the world around him, with more mature eyes.

Jem Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is set a small town called Maycomb in Alabama, in the 1930s. The community of Maycomb is of mixed ethnicity and like most places of that time the white people believe they were the dominant race. The book is seen through the eyes of two children: Jem and Scout Finch who are growing up in this society. As Jem gets older he becomes conscious of the fact that this community and these adults who surround him are not always right and this makes him feel lost. Jem is older than Scout and clearly remembers his mother.

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird Jem Finch shows us innocence, curiosity, and courage. Jem Finch showed innocence after the Tom Robinson trial, he showed curiosity when they went to go see Boo Radley, and he showed us courage at the jail the night before the trial. Jem Finch was the one that made me want to actually read this book, I was always interested in what his curiosity would drive him to do next. Jem is one of the main characters of the book and I fell in love with him throughout the

Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem matures through three important stages of his life. Within these stages Jem’s experiences such as creating plays about Boo Radley, reading to Mrs. Dubose, and processing the Tom Robinson trial all taught him

As the novel progresses, both Jem and Scout are shown to mature, this is due to "To Kill A Mockingbird" being a bildungsroman novel. Through this coming of age process, we are actually shown Jem’s new found maturity enabling him to find empathy and acceptance regarding the Boo Radley myths, as he finally took his father’s advice to “climb into someone else’s skin and walk around in it” when he was explaining to Scout his epiphany that he “[is] beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut in his house all this time. It’s because he wants to stay inside.”

To kill a mockingbird… to destroy innocence. Multiple characters lost their innocence and purity from the hate that was provided to them throughout Maycomb and the rest of the world. When Jem began puberty and his morals changed, “It’s about time you started bein’ a girl and acting right!” (Lee 153) is what he said to Scout after an altercation they had. Before Jem was 12, he did not care what Scout wore or how she acted because he didn’t think so hard on things such as the way people dress or how they acted. He just wanted to play and enjoy his childhood. He lost his purity, his innocence. This further shows after the Tom Robinson trial, because when Jem found out that when it is a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man will always win not matter who is guilty and who is innocent. Jem lost his innocence after realizing that everyone loses their innocence and becomes different sometime in their life whether they deserved to or

In chapter 10, Jem’s family doesn’t see what positions he identifies as high priorities. Atticus did not talk highly of himself, and because of this, Jem doesn’t see him as a fragile individual. “Naw, Scout, it’s something you wouldn’t understand. Atticus is real old, but I wouldn’t care if he couldn’t do anything, I wouldn’t care if he couldn’t do a blessed thing.”

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem Finch is a young boy who is nearly thirteen and throughout the story he reveals his loss of innocence. He starts to realize how the world isn’t as great of a place as he thought it was and stands up to his father.

In addition, Jem abandons all of his childish morals: “Jem looked the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. He went out of the room and down the hall. ‘Atticus,’ his voice was distant, ‘can you come here a minute, sir?’” (p.187-188). Dill, Jem and Scout’s best friend, ran away from his home and came to the Finch’s house. Jem has broken “the remaining code of our childhood” by telling Atticus about Dill, rather than keeping it a secret. He has matured past his childhood years, and realizes that sometimes it is best to involve adults.

At the beginning of the novel, Jem Finch is a foolish, care-free, and trouble-making, young boy; however, as the story progresses, Jem starts to see the world very differently. When Jem and Scout are arguing over why Atticus is so stressed, Jem says that it is the Tom Robinson case that is messing with Atticus, and that the situation is “different for grown folks” than it is for little kids (Lee 184). Jem’s understanding of the effect the Robinson case on Atticus demonstrates that Jem is beginning to recognize the world differently. Jem notices that the world is complicated and that certain situations can be completely different in the eyes of children and adults. Jem is now growing older and more mature. Earlier in the story, Jem, Scout, and Atticus go and have Christmas dinner with the other Finches. When the Finches are having their Christmas dinner, “Jem and Francis [sit] with the adults at the dining table” leaving Scout stuck “at the little

Jem experiences many changes. Towards the beginning, Jem cared about touching the Radley house and never declined a dare. This changed as he grew older. As Jem started transitioning into a young adult, he gets bossy with Scout. “Scout I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home. --- I declare to the Lord you’re gettin more like a girl everyday.” (Lee 69) Jem sees himself playing the role of the older sibling and starts to take charge. He later realizes that Scout is a girl and leaves her out of activities to go swimming with Dill. During Tom Robinson’s trial, Jem seems to be more affected than Scout. At his age, Jem sees the reality in discrimination. He comes to find that Tom’s verdict was found guilty. He leaves the courtroom in fury. “It ain’t right, Atticus,” (Lee 284) The trial affects Jem as he knows this is wrong and begins to understand how serious the trial is affecting him. He leaves his childhood and begins to understand the harsh reality of Maycomb.

Older brothers are typically the ones who annoy and bully the younger siblings with love. They are the ones who the parents rely on to help around the house. Jem Finch is a little bit different than the typical older brother to a little girl, but then again his little sister isn’t that ordinary either. Jem Finch displays many character traits. In the first few chapters he displays a little kid who gets in trouble along side of his friends and younger sister, but further into the novel Jem demonstrates more responsible behaviors by accepting his wrongs and the consequences. He also shows how he will stand up for Scout and take care of her, even though he doesn’t like to be seen with her while they are at school, and he is hard on her when

Jean ‘Scout’ Finch is exposed to the concept of courage through her father Atticus at a young age and proceeds to shape her own definition of this mentality as she comes of age throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by realizing that courage is a virtue that extends beyond physical contexts and reaches an emotional level. Early on, the rudimentary meaning of courage to Scout is set by Atticus, who tells her, “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). Implementing this lesson takes much courage, as the possibility of disproving something firmly believed in is at stake. Many people are firmly and, in some cases, stubbornly grounded on a belief, and viewing it from an alternate perspective can be eye-opening and intimidating at times, as one risks discrediting

Jem Finch changes the most in to kill a mockingbird when he breaks the remaining code of their childhood. In to kill a mockingbird scout says , “rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood” by telling atticus. Jem Finch changes the most in the novel to kill a mockingbird when he breaks the remaining code of their childhood. He breaks thier remaining code of childhood by telling atticus that dill was under scout’s bed. Scout was the one who changed the most out of all the characters from the beginning of the novel to the end of it.