The Transfer To Adulthood
Someone once said that the hardest part about growing up, is letting go of what you were used to; and moving on to something your not. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows us a lot of examples of coming of age. Coming of age is the transfer from childhood to adulthood. Harper Lee shows a deeper understanding of the main characters in the book; Jem and Scout. Aunt Alexandria visits to make some changes. She would like to give Scout some feminine influence, since Jem is growing up. They both make progress and start to grow in their own path. Through the characters Scout and Jem, Harper Lee shows that coming of age means developing a deeper understanding of the world around them
Through the middle and end part of the book Jem matures and develops a better understanding around the world, for him and his family. Calpurnia was explaining to Scout how Jem is growing older and wants to do what he wants, that's why he's becoming more moody. Calipurnia explains “I just can't help it if Mister Jem’s growing up. He's gonna want to be off to himself a lot now, doin whatever boys do.”(Lee 115) He wants to be by himself and doing what he wants, not hang out with his younger sister all day. Second important part is when Jem's friend Dill ran away he made the biggest decision, to make the right choice or break his childhood code. “ You oughta let your mother know where you …show more content…
Jem has matured up and realized the best things to do in life is making is own decisions and doing what he wants . Scout has changed her personality the way she used to act and started becoming more feminine by knowing it was time to let go and change things. They both learned from what's around them and realized that it was time to move on. The hardest part about growing up, is letting go of what you were used to; and moving on to something your
Someone once said that the hardest part about growing up, is letting go of what you were used to; and moving on to something your not. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows us a lot of examples of coming of age. Coming of age is the transfer from childhood to adulthood. Harper Lee shows a deeper understanding of the main characters in the book; Jem and Scout. Aunt Alexandria visits to make some changes. She would like to give Scout some feminine influence, since Jem is growing up. They both make progress and start to grow in their own path. Through the characters Scout and Jem, Harper Lee shows that coming of age means developing a deeper understanding of the world around them
Through the middle and end part of the book Jem matures and develops a better understanding around the world, for him and his family. Calpurnia was explaining to Scout how Jem is growing older and wants to do what he wants, that's why he's becoming more moody. Calipurnia explains “I just can't help it if Mister Jem’s growing up. He's gonna want to be off to himself a lot now, doin whatever boys do.”(Lee 115) He wants to be by himself and doing what he wants, not hang out with his younger sister all day. Second important part is when Jem's friend Dill ran away he made the biggest decision, to make the right choice or break his childhood code. “ You oughta let your mother know where you …show more content…
Jem has matured up and realized the best things to do in life is making is own decisions and doing what he wants . Scout has changed her personality the way she used to act and started becoming more feminine by knowing it was time to let go and change things. They both learned from what's around them and realized that it was time to move on. The hardest part about growing up, is letting go of what you were used to; and moving on to something your