How Does Jem Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

Anne Frank once said “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is a bildungsroman novel that follows Jem Finch as he grows up in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. Over the course of several summers he, along with his sister Scout , face obstacles and challenges which consist of their mean old neighbor Ms.Dubose and the recluse Boo Radley. Although, in the beginning of the novel, Jem still is a child physically and mentally, and we witness him mature and grow up. We see Jem deal with problems that arise in a more mature manner. Lee shows that even someone as childish as Jem can grow up and learn to

At this point in the story, Jem has just gotten a gun and Atticus and Mrs. Maudie are telling him what he can and cannot shoot. Atticus says no shooting mockingbirds and Jem asks why. To that Mrs. Maudie replies " mockingbirds don't do one thing but 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." (119).

Coming of age is a young person’s transition from childhood to adulthood. The coming of age passage that I picked in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is from chapter 23, pg. 292. In chapter 23, Jem is trying to make sense of everything, after the jury found Tom guilty. Jem starts to cry, and can’t believe the injustice of his townsfolk. He barely ate and was taking little interest in normal activities. Atticus starts to notice and ask Jem what's the matter. Jem is mad Tom got convicted on circumstantial evidence even though Atticus defended him well. Aunt Alexander calls Scout’s friend, Walter, trash which upsets her. But Jem is there to help her get through. Jem says there are 4 types of people in Maycomb county. People like

To mature is to grow up and understand the world around oneself. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the character of Jem matures and learns many lessons from his father Atticus, neighbor Mrs Dubose, and the figure of Tom Robinson who help him to grow up. Over time, the reader sees Jem learn the life lessons of always doing the right thing, showing courage in the face of adversity, and learning that life is not always fair.

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and Scout change tremendously. They do not change physically, but rather mentally. Their maturation can be seen as the novel progresses and by the end of the story they seem to be two completely different people. As the novel goes on, the reader can see that Jem and Scout mature even when the rest of the town does not.

There are many key scenes in To Kill A MockingBird that could be considered a “coming of age” scene. One major key scene that contributes to this is in the beginning of chapter 25. In the scene, Scout and Jem are sitting outside on the porch when Scout sees a Roly Poly . She was about to smash it when Jem told her not to. She asked Jem why she couldn’t and he told her, “Because they don’t bother you…” When Jem said this, Scout didn’t really care. She had thought “Jem was the one who was getting more like a girl every day, not I.” Jem seems to have hit his coming of age moment because in the particular scene, he seems more obvious to the world than he was before. This helps set up a theme that causing harm to the innocent is wrong until they are proven guilty of something bad.

Maturity is not a quality you see everyday from children. Most of the time children are running around playing with friends and family, asking silly questions, and even fulfilling their imaginations. This is the case for Scout and Jem too, initially at least. Scout is the son of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb, Alabama. Scout’s brother is Jem and they have a fairly close relationship. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee Scout and Jem endure and encounter many life-changing events that cause them to mature, from experiencing racism and almost being killed to witnessing their father defend a black man accused of rape in the South during the early to mid 1900s. The theme of maturation significantly applies to the novel as Scout

The title of the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee holds a great deal of symbolism with several of the characters in the story acting as mockingbirds, characters who don’t do anything to bother the people around them. Harper Lee explains to the reader what a mockingbird is by making Atticus, and then Mrs. Maudie explains it to Scout. “Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, 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 fathers right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music

In chapter ten of To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem gets angry at what Mrs. Dubose said about him and his family, so takes scouts brand new baton and chops off the top of her camellia buds and then he snaps her baton in half. As Jem and Scout make their way to town Mrs. Dubose who raked them by her wrathful graze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing She criticized how Scout dressed, how Atticus was defend tom, a black man, and how Atticus let them run wild. When Atticus found out that Jem had chopped the top of her bushes off, he made him go apologize to her. Mrs. Dubose then made a request for Jem which was for him to read

Simple bacteria were the first living things on Earth to evolve. Over billions of years, they evolved into the tens of thousands of life forms that live here now. Although organisms change to adapt to their environment, people are motivated to change by an experience that involves other people. Harper Lee explores the themes of change and motivation in her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.

The character has changed the most in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is Jeremy Atticus Finch. He has shown more mature compared to others characters while the book is progressing. For example, after Atticus lost the trial and Tom is sent to prison, Jem says, “It ain’t right, Atticus” (Lee 284). Jem is maturing because he starts to understand what Justice means, and how cruel and racist can people be. In that part of the book, he has lost his innocence.

In the award winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, there were many coming of age scenes throughout the book. The three most powerful events in the book, took place during the trial in the courtroom. There were many emotions in that building consisting of disgust, shock, hate, compassion and respect. I truly believe that is where Jem’s innocence was tainted with the cruel reality the world is a cruel unfair place. Although from Atticus He learned it was better to stand up for what you believe in even if everyone else stands against you.

It is seen as an opinion that the protagonists of the story share that to do harm to something that means you none such as a mockingbird is wrong. Atticus, Scout’s dad, tells the kids of the sin after arming them with an air rifle capable of killing birds. “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to Kill a mockingbird (90). This quote from Miss Maudie supports Atticus’s thought that to kill something so good is wrong. This powerful concept of mockingbirds is also

Who knew spending time with a grouchy neighbor could change you as a person? In to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem Finch the main character's brother faces many obstacles in the story while he tries to come of age. He starts to come of age during his time with Mrs.Dubose. Even though he is just reading to her for one month in that one month that he reads to her Jem changes as a person. Jem’s coming of age experience is developed at Mrs.Dubose house through tone,conflict and irony.

Has your life ever been affected by someone who you least expect? In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates a community in the tired, old town of Maycomb, Alabama, primarily focusing on Jeremy Finch and his growing maturity. Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout, exemplifies the spirit and the love of the story and ultimately nurtures Jem to manhood. In the opening pages of the bestseller, Scout describes the story, first informing the reader that it took many years for Jem to talk about his broken arm, foreshadowing the events that are yet to come. Therefore, Scout immediately implies that over the years, Jem has aged and matured since the incident. Jem, Scout and neighborhood friend, Dill are interested by a neighborhood