To Kill A Mockingbird Relationships

Atticus is guarding the jailhouse to make sure no one hurts Tom Robinson before his trial, when he is approached by Walter Cunningham and his fellow goons. Atticus shows his bravery by standing his ground for what he believes is right in front of his son. When Scout lashes out to her father’s side, Jem holds onto her and tries to stop her from interfering. Then Jem refuses to go home and stands up for his father’s side although the odds were against them, while trying to protect his sister from harm. In page 152, chapter 15, Scout says, “... but from the way he stood, Jem was not thinking of budging.” This shows us that Jem has matured from the boy who would do anything if dared, to a young man who can barricade his emotions and proceed with reason in difficult situations.

Scout sees that Miss Maudie does not believe in rumors, and it proves Miss Maudie a very upright person. She also adds later on, “‘No child…that is a sad house. I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did…’” (61). Scout finds this concept unfathomable, because it contradicts everything she ever heard about Boo Radley. However, because she regards Miss Maudie so highly, Scout begins having a new perspective on things after this point. Even though she still takes parts in various situations when with Jem and Dill attempt communicating with Boo, she thinks more before acting, and participates only so she avoids teasing from Jem rather than with the intention of humiliating Boo. While not participating at all would display greater maturity, the fact that she thinks more before acting and takes more things into consideration shows that Miss Maudie does indeed have an affect on her. It illustrates Scout’s developing character, as she no longer judges Boo Radley, and she learns from Miss Maudie that she should not judge any one, but rather try understanding them before criticizing them.

Firstly, Harper Lee shows the themes of innocence, maturity and growing up through the main characters of the novel. Due to this particular theme, the two main specimens would be Jem and Scout. Both these characters start as innocent, carefree and typical children until the dire events unroll, they start to lose their purity as they

Atticus said, “They’ve done it befor and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it-seems that only children weep”(Lee 285). To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is about two siblings , Jem and Scout, who live in a small town called Maycomb. Their father Atticus, is a well known lawyer, who is defending an African American that was accused of raping a white women. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout are introduced to discrimination and learn that it’s an everlasting problem. Prejudice and discrimination are important themes in To Kill a Mockingbird because of racism, sexism, and ageism.

The book To Kill a Mockingbird is a love story anyone can learn from. Harper Lee said, “The novel is a love story pure and simple.” Atticus Finch shows love to his children by caring for them, but also disciplining them.

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s brother, Jem, was always a good big brother and he also needed to develop just as much as Scout needed to. Jem was as responsible as Dill’s aunt. Until the end of this book, Jem finally realizes that one can’t judge a person unless they know what he or she has been going through. Jem was appreciative that Boo Radley saved his life. Jem knows that Boo was not a crazy man; he was just a shy guy who didn’t want any attention drawn to him.

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is about two children, Jem and Scout, and their relationships with their father, Atticus. The children raise themselves growing up, many people would say they were irresponsible, but they are both appear to be intelligent individuals. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird the novel demonstrates a rigid class structure and social stratification in the County of Maycomb. People should not be judged by their social class, they should be judged on their personality.

In the earlier parts of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus and Jems bond is simple. Jem looks at his father as older and less athletic then his friend’s dads. This makes Jem upset and want Atticus to change. Example includes, Scout says, "Jem was football crazy. Since Jem loved football he played with Atticus. Atticus liked to throw it and play keep-away but when Jem wanted to tackle Atticus said, `I'm

Toward of the beginning of the novel, Scout was very scared of Boo Radley. She would not dare to touch his house and was scared for Jem when Dill dared him to do so. This shows her immaturity because she believed in Maycomb County’s rumors that he was a monster. She believed that he had hurt his father, eaten squirrels for dinner, and would not mind hurting children. In Chapter 30, the reader notices a drastic change in Scout’s behavior with Boo Radley; through this, she proves her development in the novel.

However, as time goes on, she is revealed to more and more little details of grudges among the citizens, and racism in the community. Right before the trial of Tom Robinson, for example, Scout and Dill ask Jem why Dolphus Raymond is discriminated against in the community, and Jem has to explain that “around [there], once you have a drop of negro blood, it makes you all black.” (162) This shows that not only was Scout completely clueless to how racism worked, but also that her slight shock shows that she does not treat certain types of people like that, and discriminate. This is consistent in her personality as when Atticus steps out to the county jail to protect Tom Robinson from the racist people on the town the night before the trial, and is threatened with death, Scout happens follows behind him with curiosity; when she senses that Atticus is in danger, she steps out into the open and the Cunninghams, the mob in front of the jailhouse trying to kill Tom, are all brought down to earth and realise they were about to kill two good men for the sake of their knowingly unjust

Scout is saying that even though there were only twenty-four hours in a day it seemed longer because she had nothing to occupy her time with. Everyday was boring for Scout considering that she didn’t have anything fun to do and nothing new ever happened in Maycomb.

There are many instances in the novelTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee where compassion, sympathy and tolerance are exemplified thoroughly. There are many key events in the book, and three of them will be addressed here. many moments where, the characters grow and learn about the ways of life. Jem felt compassionate when an injustice was committed against Tom Robinson. Jem also feels sympathetic for Scout when she “ruined” the school play.

According to Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel was a “love story, plain and simple.” Throughout the novel, Ms. Lee displayed “love” through the actions of the main characters. However, the definition of love may not be the common, affectionate feelings between two people. Based on the article, “An Experiment in Love,” by Martin Luther King, he explained how love, or “agape,” could have several different connotations. Harper Lee was able to demonstrate Matin Luther King’s concept of love through several different character interactions.

“How could they do it, how could they?” (73) Jem asks his father after realizing that Tom, an innocent black man, is sent to jail because of the color of his skin. The compassion displayed by Jem in this situation demonstrates how he cannot stand for injustice and displays his compassionate personality. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses on the maturation of two young children, Jem and Scout, as they age and face the harsh realities in the world around them, such as prejudice and racism. Jem’s personality is visually represented through various symbols relating to his characteristics, such as compassion, responsibility, and maturation Jem is immensely protective of his younger sister Scout and his father's name, challenging whoever

Harper Lee says that To Kill a Mockingbird is a “A Simple love story” and this love story is shown throughout the book in many ways. Most of this love is not Romeo and Juliet love that everyone thinks of. The type of love in the book is the type of love between a dad and a son or love between two friends. To quote Drake, “It’s never too late to realize what’s important in your life and it’s never wrong to fight it.” One would think that this quote really shows the type of love that is shown in To Kill a Mockingbird. This is because the quote isn’t talking about just loving someone you want to marry it is talking about all types of love. It also says that you should fight for love and throughout the book love is being fought for. In To Kill