How Does Jem Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

           Furthermore, on morals, Jem takes his father's advice and steps into other people’s places and sees things from their point of view. One example of this would be how Jem comes to the realization that Arthur Radley, the town shut in who is also known as Boo, stays in his home because he wants to. When realizing this, Jem not only creates a moral but also begins to think for himself instead of believing the lies told by the town gossips. In the beginning of the story Jem believes Arthur has stayed in his house all this time because he is forced to. Jem also believes that Boo is insane and has tried to kill his own family. Nonetheless, Jem does step into Arthur’s shoes and see the town from his perspective. By doing this Jem sees the town as a hateful place filled with judge full people and explains it to Scout that Arthur stays inside because he wants too. This actualization of Arthur ensures that Jem uses this technique with many other situations.

Jem had changed throughout the story from acting like a child and doing things that children do to becoming more mature and taking part in the

For Jem and Scout one of the major differences between their moral growth is the age

As Jem and Scout mature, Atticus teaches them the importance of adhering to one’s morals. He simultaneously exposes his children to evils, such as when they attend Tom Robinson’s case. Atticus teaches them to acknowledge the bad but never follow

After realizing that Boo covered up Scout, Jem won’t return the blanket, but he does state to Atticus that “... he’s [Boo] crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain’t ever harmed us… he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried to mend my pants instead… he ain’t never hurt us, Atticus ---”(96). Jem begins to understand that Boo is the one who has been caring/ watching for them from afar. He has stopped reenacting the Boo Radley scene. Jem is afraid, but he is also

Scout is directly affected by what she is supposed to be, a girl who has class, but Scout doesn’t want to be that type of girl. She wants to be her usually tomboy self. At this time in the book, Jem has had enough of Scout’s girly self. “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 every day!" With that, I had no option but to join them. ”

His young and oblivious side is shown when Jem provides a description of Boo Radley, a withdrawn resident in Maycomb, he makes scout believe that “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks, he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained”(14). Here, Jem makes the assumption that Boo Radley is some kind of monster because he does not understand why Boo stays in his home all day every day and therefore he assumes the worst about Boo Radley. In this moment Jem shows his juvenile side where he is still too young to understand what Boo Radley went through and why he stays home all the

“Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn’t developed those filters, which prevent us from seeing things that we don’t expect to see. ”(“Children’s Quotes”) In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem come to different conclusions about the essential nature of humankind, despite experiencing many major events in Maycomb together, such as the trial and the surprising occurrence of presents in a knot-hole of the Radley house tree. The fundamental reason behind this seems to be the age difference between Jem and Scout; Jem is four years Scout’s senior, and therefore, more mature in his understanding of the world.

It’s a simple fact of human life: everybody grows up. Sometimes though, an event takes place which forces us to grow up a little faster. In Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, main characters Scout and Jem Finch experience this firsthand.

Jem is very protective of his little sister and will go through just about anything to make sure she is safe. By playing games and fooling around with Scout, Jem is in fact able to act grown up because he is watching Scout’s every move. By watching out for Scout, Jem is developing as a person and is always able to be there to make sure that he can help when needed. Jem is an amazing older brother to Scout and by looking out for her, he has matured and become a better all round

When a child grows up, they experience difficult situations that teach them to become an adult. Jem Finch ages from ten to thirteen, an extremely crucial time in a child’s life. His story is seen through the eyes of his younger sister, Scout. As Jem matures throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, his take on the world changes with him. His childhood fears desert him, his views on Mrs. Dubose change, and he realizes the importance of protecting the innocent.

However, though Jem understands what a mature person must do, his thought process is still of a child as he tries to grow up too fast. He is part of a phase that all children go through as they turn from kids to teens. Kids start to realize that they are growing up and then suddenly think that they know everything there is to life. They talk in a formerly manner with adults rather than choosing to go play outside with their friends when in reality that is all they want to

Being exposed to racism and unfair treatment of a human showed just how evil their society was through Jem’s eyes. He only felt monumenta sadness knowing that while he was enjoing such good times and happiness or even just the good part of life in general, people at the same time experiencing the evils of life imposed upon them. Jem is revealed to evil when Nathan Radley plugs the knothole with cement. He looks concerned and hurt as to why someone would take away a part of his happiness. Jem feels that, in a way, Nathan Radley is breaking the only relation between Boo and the other children.

time you start being like a girl and acting it” (153). This happens because as Jem matures he starts to see things from a grown-up’s perspective, and Scout does not fulfill the standards

Scout and Jem’s progression of maturity is a direct outcome of unfortunate endurances in which provoked the loss of their innocence and