When Scout says, “Jem picked up a rock and threw it jubilantly at the carhouse. Running after it, he called back: ‘Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!’ “, it implies that Atticus has a significant influence on how Jem and Scout behave (Lee 113). Right before this scene, Scout says she was going to tell her classmates about Atticus’s marksmanship skills, but Jem says, “ ‘I reckon if he’d wanted us to know it, he’da told us. If he was proud of it, he’da told us’ “ (Lee 112). Jem knew how Atticus acted and understood him. The word “jubilant” is an adjective that suggests that Jem was very joyful when he realized that Atticus was a true man and wanted to be like him. Throughout the book, there are indications of Atticus’s kind heart, gentlemanly
