Jem's Monologue

Before, Jem would always be Scout’s playmate but now he tells her to “stop pestering him” and that she should start “bein’ a girl and acting right”. Jem now likes to be kept alone and feels as if Scout is a lot more childish than he had realized.

I glared at her while her eyes were getting teary. I don’t care, I decided. But a part of me could understand what she was going through. Someone you love so much just being snatched away from you without a goodbye. My heart ached for her but what about the pain that she caused me. After my dad died, my mom just basically cried for months and months. But after her tears dried out, she couldn’t make them come out. She just sat in the corner on a rocking chair and stared up at the ceiling. I mean that’s what she called mourning. How long could a person mourn? Days? Months? Years? Years is how long she mourned. She still is though. She must have loved him very much to be mourning this long. While she was in that state, me and my sister were dying of hunger. But I wasn’t a person to just sit there and do nothing. I went out and started hunting with Gale. Some of the game I came back with, I sold it and brought some back for dinner. We would go hunting before school and after school. Like I said before, he has been there supporting our family from the beginning. He has his own family too. He has 3 siblings, Posy, Vick, and Rory Hawthorne. They are not very rich either. Almost the same as my family.

Jem learns from visiting Mrs. Dubose that not everything is how it seems at first glance. He also learns the value of courage and how it will later affect him as he matures into an adult. From what is described, the readers can draw a conclusion that Mrs. Dubose is impolite and bitter towards the children and is not afraid to speak her thoughts about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. As a result, Jem carries out his anger by destroying her flowers. He is later punished by Atticus by having to read to Mrs. Dubose certain days of the week for a period of time and work on her flowers. Through this process Jem is able to control his impulses and show kindness to those around him even if he does necessarily want to. This shows that Jem is becoming more of a young adult rather than a child. He also realizes that Mrs. Dubose is actually a woman of

The book we have been reading in class has three main characters that develop over time. There's Atticus the dad, scout the daughter of Atticus, and jem the oldest sibling whose father is Atticus. The story gives the base for every character's attitude and feelings and as the story goes on.Jem for example, starts off as a 10 year old and by the end he's 13 and in those 3 years you see a great change. He shows that he's smart for his age, long temper, and very caring

Jem and Esperanza lose their innocence through various experiences, which ultimately leads them towards adulthood. However, Jem’s specific development results from his realization of his community’s true colors and his gaining of a greater sense of empathy towards others. His acquirement and understanding of sympathy results from his encounters

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

Jem and Scout’s relationship together is unbelievably strong. We find that Jem is extremely protective over his little sister and would do anything to stop her from getting hurt. Jem becomes more mature throughout the novel as you can tell when Tom Robinson is in court he cries and also he doesn’t want to play with his little sister but he will still do anything and everything he can for his little sister they have an unbreakable bond. She always wants his to play but he just goes outside and watches her and protects her. They both mature a lot throughout the novel. Scout matures through her experiences throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel she is all innocent and naive. Scout at the end of the novel lost much of her

Many see the glass half empty. Others see it half full. A certain viewpoint makes people who they are. A human's perspective provokes particular beliefs and thoughts that run through our mind like millions of tiny termites. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird authored by Harper Lee, the Finches, Ewells and Robinsons all view the world in a different manner. For Jem Finch, his beliefs are constantly being changed by his environment, surroundings, and people around him. Jem’s early antics with Boo, his attendance at the African-American church, and witness of the trial have one thing in common. All three change Jem’s beliefs from childish to thoughtful!

Even though Jem would never admit it, he was very upset at the idea of Boo being locked up and alone. Losing a friend is a terrible thing to go through, especially when you’ve lost hope to meet someone. After a person loses everything they still have hope, and when they lose that they truly have

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout goes through the road of trials that consists of numerous trials that test Scout’s strength, courage, and wisdom. These trials that Scout goes through range from dealing with Jem’s moodiness, the stress put on her to be a lady, and being attacked by Bob Ewell.     One major trial that Scout has to put up with is her brother Jem’s moodiness. The sudden shift in her brother’s behavior increases the arguments between them and separates them some. “A roly poly insect had crawled onto the porch.

Because of her boyish qualities, her interactions with others were very physical. Her go to solution was beating people up. For example, when Jem started to change a little bit due to puberty she thought the only way to fix him was to beat him up. Which of course the

In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the characters within the book are constantly changing. Whether it be emotionally or physically, change is always happening. In this book, Jem appears to be the one evolving or changing the most, even though others will say Scout has. Jem change involves his maturity, wisdom, and his own personality towards people and other things. For example, Jem was one to play with Scout and Dill whenever they would go out at night or talk about Boo Radley.

Tilly Dunn survives bipolar depression and then embarks on a personal crusade to spread awareness about mental illness and give hope to sufferers.

By the end of the story, Jem is much more open to people. “The numbers had stopped me from living. But Spider, and all those other people—Brittany, Karen, Anne, Val—they changed that for me, made me realize I was wasting what time I did have.” (pg. 319) Jem realized that she was missing out on her life by keeping to herself. Jem keeps to herself and is quiet at the

Jemima Emerson has many different character traits that all describe her and her unique personality.To begin with, Jem is very brave. She has to deal with so much throughout the book that she does not let get to her. She deals with everything in a mature and sophisticated manner. For example, she had to go through father dying, mothers grieving period and Raymond. When Jems father died it was a massive loss for her whole family, including her but she had to be the first to live with the pain because her mother didn't forgot about everyone and everything and moved into the Moore’s because she could not deal with the heartache, Jem had to get her out of this phase and let mother know father's death was not her fault . Next, Jem had to deal with the loss of a close friend. Raymond Moore had gotten sick and died around the same time “John