Jem Finch Monologue Analysis

Through the flawless use of the rhetoric, Atticus Finch speaks persuasively and wins over the jury during his concluding argument of the trial of Tom Robinson. As a lawyer, Mr. Finch understands how to speak effectively and persuasively, allowing him to make use of compositional techniques like rhetoric. He uses all three parts of rhetoric, logos, ethos, and pathos, to help him coax the jury to side with him. Although the emerges unsuccessful, he perfectly illustrates examples of rhetoric and the different ways to use it. Atticus cunningly convinces the jury of Tom Robinson’s innocence by appealing to them through the rhetoric.

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.

Since Jem enjoys doing "manly" things, Scout does them as well for she does not know any better and she wants to gain Jem's respect for her. As time goes by, Jem starts to mature himself, from an irresponsible boy to a sensitive, gentlemen, Mister Jem; he is always Scout's adored older brother. As Scout gets older, her Aunt Alexandra decides to try and get Scout to act more like the Jean Louise that she wants her be. The only time that Aunt Alexandra was around for a long period of time was during the trial when she came to live with the Finches when Atticus was the lawyer for Tom. Even though she disagrees with her brother, Atticus, with his way of raising his children, especially Scout, who should be taught to be a lady believes that in time, she will "come around"

Also as the lynch-mob arrives to murder Tom Robinson, Atticus refuses to compromise and stands his ground. This event shows Jem and Scout how brave their father is to have stood up for his client the way he does without means of violence and without using guns. up to this point The children believe that it is a man’s gun that makes him, they now see courage in a whole new light. Thanks to her father, Scout gained the courage to confront Mr. Cunningham the same evening and is successful in causing Mr. Cunningham to call off his Old Sarum mob. She talks to Mr. Cunningham on a personal level “Don't you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning, remember? We had a talk. I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you. I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy.”(chapter 15, Lee)

family. Scout says, "You'd like to say goodnight to Jem, wouldn't you, Mr. Arthur? Come right in"

I can infer the Scout is very naive by trying to make conversation with Mr. Cunningham but at the same time she is trying to apply what she has been taught by Atticus. She states, "Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in." Once she noticed that he did not show any interest regarding his son, she than thinks, "I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home." As the reader, I can tell that she is trying to be as compassion as she can to a man who might not show compassion to others.

Hey mom, it’s me Dill! I’ve been doing fine around here and am missing you so much. Though, that’s not the reason I’m sending you this letter. I’m gonna tell you about someone really interesting and I’m sure you’ll like her. Well, early in the summer, I was outside, sitting in Miss Rachel’s collard patch and that’s when I spotted Jem and Scout. Jem is a ten year old boy who is also the brother of Scout, a six year old girl. Oh and I forgot to tell you, her real name is actually Jean Louise Finch but everyone calls her “Scout”. We got to know each other very well, and liked the same things. That’s when I started to love Scout and guess what. I shared my feelings with her today! I told her that I loved her. She’s about seven years old, and lives

‘Run Scout! Run! Run!’ Jem screamed. I took one giant step and found myself reeling: my arm useless, in the dark, I could not keep my balance’’’(351). Atticus stands firm in his defense of innocence and urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally, and figuratively. Jem and scout

I’m readin‘ the paper.’ Jem got his wish. I departed for the kitchen.” This is relevant because now that Scout gives in to Jem when telling her to leave him alone, she is starting to comprehend that Jem is now growing up and taking space from his little sister. Jem not only now gives her lessons about life, but also repeats Atticus’ lessons and tries to get scout to grow up with him.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has become a superior novel in American literature. It depicts a young girl named Scout and her outlook on the world while growing up. She grew up in the great depression while her father was a lawyer. In the beginning of the book Scout, known as Jean Louise Finch is six years old, when the book ended she was nine years old. Scout is the complete opposite from a ‘girly girl’, she likes to wear overalls instead of dresses and likes to hang out with boys instead of girls. She says boys are easier to get along with, which is part of the reason why she always solves her problems with a good old fashioned fist fight .Scout is a girl who doesn't care what others think about her and she likes to hang out with her brother Jem. Scout demonstrates change in herself by finally learning the rights and wrongs of her society and the world.

"We're going to wait for Mr. Finch to come here and make it go away" I replied softly. I was as shaken as a tree in a storm, so I sat down and asked Jem to fetch me a glass of water. He stood for a moment, and then turned into the kitchen to bring me some water. When he came back with the glass, I sat the two children down and told them my worries.

Two formidable entities waged war in Maycomb that night. Streaks of red and blue collided, battling over supremacy of Miss Maudie’s house; the flames seemed to be winning. Jem and I were much too enthralled with this skirmish to heed any attention to the role Atticus had assigned us. We huddled together futilely for warmth and cursed the cold that we had rejoiced less than a day ago. But the struggle was quickly pushed to the back of our minds as the more peculiar of the two events to take place that night began to unravel.

When Dill escapes to the Finch’s one summer, Jem Takeshita it upon himself to make sure no one gets in trouble or worried, “You oughta let your mother know you're here,” said Jem. "We'd know if they were lookin' for you. . . . " Dill's eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. He went out of the room and down the hall.

The purpose of part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is to illustrate the way character’s beliefs and values are capable of motivating them to be courageous. In the novel, Atticus Finch defends an African-American man named Tom Robinson. Atticus’s children, Jem and Scout, receive hatred and bullying from others because of this case and Atticus’s decision. Both children often find themselves losing their temper when they hear rude words said about their father. One day, a woman in their neighborhood, named Mrs. Dubose, insults Atticus by calling him “‘no better than the niggers and trash he works for’” (Lee 135). This angers Jem and he destroys Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes. As punishment, Jem and Scout are forced to go to her house everyday and read to her.

Jem, in the beginning of the book , used to want to try and scare Boo Radley out of the house so they could see how much of a big scary and terrible monster he was. As time passed, Jem grew out of that, and became a role model for Scout and Dill. Dill is Scout’s “permanent fiance”. Near the ending of the book, Scout is in a play, as a ham, and when they walk home, it’s later at night, so it’s obviously dark out. Mr. Ewell promised Atticus after the battle in the courthouse with Tom Robinson that he would make Atticus pay for almost getting Mr. Ewell into jail with the evidence he provided in court. Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout while they were on their way home, “ ‘Then all of a sudden somethin’ grabbed me an’ mashed my costume… think I ducked on the ground… heard a tusslin’ under the tree sort of… they were bammin’ against the trunk, sounded like. Jem found me and started pullin’ me toward the road. Some-Mr. Ewell yanked him down, I reckon. They tussled some more and then there was this funny noise-Jem hollered…’ I stopped. That was Jem’s arm,” (Harper Lee, 270). as you can see, Jem protected Scout with all of his strength, even if it meant he could’ve lost his own life in the