Jeremy Atticus Finch

scout and Jem Finch are growing up in the tired old Alabama town of Maycomb. Their father, Atticus, is the local lawyer and as a single parent tries to raise his children with honor and respect to their individualism. With the Depression on times are hard,

Jem Finch is one of the main characters in the novel; To Kill a Mockingbird by: Harper Lee. To KIll a Mockingbird is an intriguing book, in the beginning you are introduced to a character known as Boo Radley, Boo Radley comes up throughout the whole book and plays a big role specifically towards the end, there is a town trial during the trial there is a White man who goes up against a Black man. In Maycomb there is a lot of racism and

Living in a small town a boy named Jem matures his thinking and learns compassion which takes him on the journey of becoming a man. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel about two southern children Jem and his younger sister Scout who experience love, danger, and tragedy. Jem begins the novel as a boy but as it progresses he takes on a more adult-like thinking and shows compassion for others and the truth.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a coming of age story of two young children, Scout and Jem Finch, who learn how to live in the prejudiced society of the fictional town, Maycomb, Alabama. Many characters are involved in helping Scout and Jem learn important lessons and mature, whether it is by mouth or through actions. They learn how to be more gentleman and ladylike, they learn that people are sometimes cruel and ignorant, but most importantly, they learn to look at people with more than one perspective. Harper Lee uses the characters Atticus, Dolphus Raymond, and Boo Radley, to show the idea that one cannot fully understand another person until he or she walks in that person's shoes.

Atticus Finch is a model father created by Harper Lee in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird. He is an important figure in the Maycomb, Alabama Community. He raises his children, Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) with wide sets of morals, disciplines them, and is a true role model. Atticus allows his children to be individuals and does not try to change who they are. He teaches them fairness and equality among many different types of people in Maycomb. He is always teaching his children about how their actions may affect others, then, as a result, devices punishments to teach Scout and Jem valued life lessons. In many situations, Atticus can chastise his children, but he allows them mature and notice their own mistakes

The general topic in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is criticising helpless people that have done no harm, and how it is a terrible deed. In the Novel a Mockingbird is a symbol of one of these helpless people. In part 1 of the novel, characters such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are portrayed as “mockingbirds”. The general topic also represents injustice, especially in the south. Atticus Finch is presented as seeker of justice that believes in equality for all, as well as one of the few characters to never rethink an opinion. Furthermore, Atticus is the father of Scout and Jem Finch, who he treats like adults and answeres all questions honestly as he would to any other Maycomb county member. He is portrayed as a decent respecting

“‘...Mockingbirds...don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us [anyone and everyone]. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird…’” (Lee 119). In the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1961 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of a young girl by the name of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch and her older brother Jeremy Atticus (Jem) Finch, and what their lives were like growing up in Maycomb, Alabama during 1933-35. Scout and her brother Jem are both children of the morally passionate lawyer, Atticus Finch, and both are exposed to the same experiences that shape their sense of right and wrong. Yet Scout and Jem come to dramatically different conclusions about good and evil and the essential nature of humankind.

“‘...Mockingbirds… don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us [anyone and everyone in Maycomb]. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird…’” (Lee 119). In the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1961 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells the story of a young girl by the name of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch and her older brother Jeremy Atticus (Jem) Finch, and what their lives were like growing up in Maycomb, Alabama during 1933-35. Scout and her brother Jem are both children of the morally passionate lawyer, Atticus Finch, and both are exposed to the same experiences that shape their sense of right and wrong. Yet Scout and Jem come to dramatically different conclusions about good and evil and the essential nature of humankind.

As we have all been told, we learn many lessons throughout the course of our lives. The two main characters of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and Jeremy Finch (Jem), learn many of these captivating lessons over the course of the story, especially lessons about the constantly changing environment they live in. The story is centered on Jem and Scout Finch whose journeys of growing up in the southern town of Maycomb teach them about everyday life in the 1920’s. It becomes clear that throughout the story, Harper Lee provides negative commentary on life in the South during the Great Depression, revealing the true deficiencies of society. Ultimately, throughout the story, Jem and Scout

Jeremy Atticus Finch is a character that is scarcely mentioned yet at the same time in every aspect of the story. He plays a big role and Scout childhood the same way she plays a big role and his. Throughout the book, there are several different events and occasions that lead to the end of Jem's childhood and all of these events not only end his childhood but they also help prepare him for adulthood. Boo taught him to respect people's boundaries and that not all friendship are the same, Mrs.Dubose taught him about courage and forgiveness and Tom’s trial taught him about the unfairness and cruelty of life. Arthur (Boo) Radley is an extremely large part of Jem’s childhood and the events that happen as Boo extends his friendship to the children

There are many important characters in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Whether they are major or minor characters, they all have some significance in the plot. One of the most important characters, however, is Jem Finch, older brother of the narrator, Scout. Jem’s character is essential to the novel not only because he helps Lee tell her story, in a literary sense, but also because he reflects the book’s main three themes of courage, racism and prejudice, and growing up, and he has a big influence on Scout and her development.

In the widely known novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee explores the idea of how easily innocence can be destroyed by evil and how things aren’t always how they seem. The story takes place in a small southern town known as Maycomb in Alabama. It is set in the time period prior to the Civil Rights Movement, therefore racism and discrimination are as clear as day. The narrator of the novel is a six year old girl named Jean Louise Finch, or “Scout”, who defies the standards for a girl in the 1930s by wearing overalls and hanging with the boys. Her brother, Jeremy, also known as Jem, is just ten years old.

Jeremy Finch, a ten year old leading protagonist to the novel by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird published in 1960. Jem, and his family are located in Maycomb, Alabama which was currently suffering through the Great Depression. In this novel, it demonstrates the existence of social inequality and ignorant country farmers like the Cunninghams which lie below the townspeople, and the white trash Ewells rest below the Cunninghams. Correspondingly Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel is immature and unaware of the community in which he lives in. He matures mentally to the point where he acknowledges the injustice in society and he becomes wise with the experiences he is given with the society around him by learning to interpret everyone in a more competently way. Although Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel, his view on Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbour who lives in the same neighbourhood as the Finch family, changes throughout the novel. He has ridiculous judgements about him and they slowly start to change as he became more conscientious about Boo’s feelings. Moreover, Jems approach towards Scout, younger sister of Jem, becomes cordial as he matures through time and gains wisdom by thinking in a evolving way, by instead being an overbearing brother. Lastly, his perception on Atticus, his father who is more of a lawyer than an affectionate father, changes drastically from the beginning to the end. Jem had a negative outlook towards him by thinking

Jem is very protective of his family, and Lee provides the readers with many pieces evidence of that. Jem’s protectiveness towards Scout is shown when he defends her against Mrs. Dubose. As Mrs. Dubose calls Scout dirty, Jem responds back with, “‘My sister ain’t dirty and I ain't scared of you’” (Lee 122). Although Jem quietly says this with shaking knees, this reveals that he’s willing to speak up and defend his sister if anyone is harassing her. Along with him already being protective, many other characters in the book can see that too. When Atticus, their father, decides to go out at night, Jem is determined to see where he goes. As Scout comes along with him, he explains that “‘I just wanted to see where he was’” (Lee 172).

Jeremy Atticus Finch or Jem is a small town boy of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s and a son of a lawyer named Atticus. Atticus is a father of two and his wife had died, so now he raises his kids by himself which may. Jem also has a sister, Jean Louise Finch but they call her Scout and is also the narrator of the novel. Dill is a character in the book that is only in Maycomb for a little while but has a big adventure with his partners in crime, Jem and Scout. They are on the poorer side of society but they do have an African-American housekeeper named Calpurnia or Cal for short, she also is a mother and raises a son named Zeebo. She also is one of the few African-American people who can read and write, she learned to have those skills from Miss Maudie’s Miss Buford. Another African-American person who can read and write and was also accused of rape was Tom Robinson. Jem has a lot to mature about life and from an immature child to a problem solver Jem Finch is a caring big brother to Scout Finch as well as Dill together they solve their curiosity of Boo Radley.