Examples Of Jem Coming Of Age In To Kill A Mockingbird

Coming of Age A coming of age experience is a time or event that triggers a sign of maturity. In Harper Lee’s to kill a Mockingbird Jem and Scout come across several coming of age experiences. The novel is written in Chronological order, Jem and Scout have many coming of age moments. Jem and Scout face many coming of age experiences throughout the novel. “ Stop ringing that bell. Dill grabbed the clamper, in the silence that followed. I wish he'd start ringing it again. Atticus pushed his hat to the back of his head and put his hands on his hips. Jem he said, what were you doing? Nothin sir. I don't want to hear that. Tell me, I was- we were just tryin to give somethin to Mr.Radley. What were you trying to give him? Just a letter. Let me see.” Jem and Scout were trying to give a letter to Boo Radley and they were caught by their father Atticus and they were not allowed to go near the Radley household. The children are starting to …show more content…
He ran to the oak in his shorts.” “When I went back they were folded across the fence.” Jem and Scout were in the Radleys yard looking through the window when Mr.Radley came out with a shotgun and started shooting. Jem held the hole in the gate for dill and scout, when Jem was leaving he got caught in the fence. He had to take his pants off. The next day Jem found his pants on the Radley fence seen up. Jem and scout built a friendship with Boo Radley no matter his social image. “ Jem and I heard the same sermon Sunday after Sunday, with only one exception. Reverend Sykes used his pupilit more freely to express his views on individual lapses from grace.” Jem and scout went to church with calpurnia an African American woman who worked for the finch’s. Jem and Scout found out their church wasn't so different from theirs, they realized that African Americans are the same as whites, the only difference is skin