Finding Out Secrets - Original Writing

He did not appreciate this very much and ended up trying to kill Jem and Scout in order to get back at Atticus. Luckily this didn’t work out as well as he had hoped, as the knife was turned against him.

As a child, Jem was carefree and heedless. This is proven when he spies on the Radley’s house at night with Dill and Scout. He is almost killed by being shot at by Mr. Radley. Jem was never caught, however, he never did it again. Jem realizes he made a mistake, and tries to fix it by not getting caught. “We shouldn’a done that tonight, Scout.”

It was Stephanie's turn to speak now,"No, shot in the air. Scared him pale, though. Says he's got the other barrel wait in' for the next sound he hears in that patch, an' next time he won't aim high, be it dog, nigger or--Jem FINCH!"

When a dog with rabies is running around town, Atticus stands up and stops the dog. As Scout and Jem watches him, both are amazed at how courageous their dad is. Scout wants to brag to people at school about what happened, but Jem knows better and tells her not to. He then adds that he “wouldn’t care if he [Atticus] couldn't do a blessed thing” (131). By observing his dad shoot the dog, he recognises what his dad truly is. Jem’s coming-of-age is when he understands that he shouldn’t judge people by what their outer appearance is, but what they truly hold inside them. In the beginning, he thought his dad was old and wasn't like everyone else’s dad who played football. He never thinks of Atticus as someone cool and interesting until he sees him

After this Jem looked up to his dad he wanted to be like him so then he started to grow up. He was being more like Atticus because after he took care of the mad dog he thought Atticus would be proud so Jem built up that energy to be brave. On the other hand, his sister scout also taught him bravery when she went in front of all the men that were at the jail and got them to go away. Jem didn't leave his dad and scout stood up to the men and spoke to them about their kids and hope they would listen. Thankfully they did go away after scout got one of the men to go they all went because they thought about their families. Lastly, Jem has a lot to look up to but, he will grow up to be a

His dad, a man with short brown hair and lazy blue eyes, said, “I’m not sure. But, it’s nice to meet you…...sorry, what was your name again?”

Jem is like every other boy his age; however, he has one characteristic unlike the others. He thinks like a man. Atticus has trained him based on his own beliefs. Jem sees Atticus as the bravest

Jem is Scout’s older brother, he is a teenager, loves football and he takes care

Angie Lopez Mrs. Milon English I (H) 18 August 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird Critical Thinking Questions- Part One Chapter 1 1. The narrator of the novel is Jean Louise, aka, Scout, who is a 5 year-old little girl. The type of narration that is used is in first person. 2.

Jem needed a logical answer. The trial left him confused because he thought for sure Tom would go free, after all he was innocent. He would go off by himself to think,

“Fire!” The older man shouted from the door way which made me jump and snapped me back to reality. The sound of arrows flying and colliding with the targets down the range as soon as I got my arrow notched. I pulled up my bow with the string beginning to tense back as is stare down the sights and search for my target. I am down that sight which is

Then she started hanging out with Spider. Through his help, Jem learned to trust and care for people. She became close to Spider, then Val, and once they left London, Jem began

Lastly, Jem was taught that life doesn’t always work out. “Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed” (Lee 331). Jem is so broken up by the trial of Tom Robinson, that he isn’t himself anymore. He is angry and touchy. Jem, at first, is

"Now tell me did you learn anything from this and the meaning of what I been doing with my life. Do you know the danger you could put your mother and father if you keep up this life. The dangers that seems to follow anyone that gets into this dirty world of gears and the monsters that made them? That man is mine to kill and if you think I will let you have him than I will kill you

Cassandra sent a silent thanks to the gods as she selected an arrow, readied her bow, and forced her nerves to quiet. She took two long, slow breaths like Hector had made her do before each shot when he’d trained her. When she felt grounded and calm she lined up the shot and drew back the bowstring.