Jem Finch Opening Paragraph

Opening Paragraph – Jeremy Atticus Finch, a 12 year old boy, lived Maycomb Alabama. His younger sister, Jean Louse, also known as Scout, his father Atticus, the family chef, Calpurnia, and his Aunt Alexandra live with him. When he was not in school, he played with Scout and Dill, a seven year old boy, lived with Ms. Rachel, or talked with Mrs. Maudie, the Finch’s neighbor, who often gave them little treats. Jem, a nice boy, often gets into mischievous. Vengeful, bossy, and empathetic are three words that describe Jem. Jem has played a few tricks on people I his life but revenge is a different story. In this part of the story, Jem and Scout were taking a trip to the store to spend some of Jem’s birthday money. As they are going to the store, Mrs. Dubose, who is on her porch, starts mocking their father Atticus. Jem becomes very angry and after they buy there items and start walking back, Jem sees a way to get Mrs. Dubose back. “We had just come to her gate when Jem snatched my …show more content…
Jem, Scout, and Dill were playing with a tire and taking turns rolling in it. When it was Scouts turn, she accidentally was rolled into the Radley’s property. She was too scared to move. “Get the tire!” Jem hollered. “Bring it with you! Ain’t you got any sense at all?” Jem had to go grab the tire because Scout was too scared to go and get it (42). The bossiness displayed by Jem in this context is not necessary and makes him look crooked. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Tom Robinson’s verdict was just released and the jury decided that he was guilty. There was proof that tom was not guilty, but the jury members were stubborn and considered him guilty. “It ain’t right,” he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus waiting. (242).” Jem had empathy on tom because he knew that tom was innocent and he was