His curiosity got the best of him and his friends, in turn they were caught looking through the window, and told to go home. One of the interesting actions Jem did was that he had “mustered up spit to open the gate slowly, then lifting it aside and resting it on the fence” (24). In order for them to remain undetected they had to make the hinges of the fence gate not squeak, so they spit on it to give it a moisture, which was unexpected, considering that it was a possibility that the plan could have not worked, the reason being is that it could have been an oil-can to really get it to stop squeaking, instead of just spit. Jem is shown to have a manly face, but only by his looks/facial features, or meaning that he looked quite serious or is quite serious as shown in this quote “He has a manly little face” (5)which was said by one of the characters, and was shown throughout the story, but what made Jem serious was how others thought of him, and “manly” is a look that could be shown as serious, unlike wimpy, drowsy, or
His curiosity got the best of him and his friends, in turn they were caught looking through the window, and told to go home. One of the interesting actions Jem did was that he had “mustered up spit to open the gate slowly, then lifting it aside and resting it on the fence” (24). In order for them to remain undetected they had to make the hinges of the fence gate not squeak, so they spit on it to give it a moisture, which was unexpected, considering that it was a possibility that the plan could have not worked, the reason being is that it could have been an oil-can to really get it to stop squeaking, instead of just spit. Jem is shown to have a manly face, but only by his looks/facial features, or meaning that he looked quite serious or is quite serious as shown in this quote “He has a manly little face” (5)which was said by one of the characters, and was shown throughout the story, but what made Jem serious was how others thought of him, and “manly” is a look that could be shown as serious, unlike wimpy, drowsy, or