Growing up can be very difficult. All children have to do it, but is there a certain age when it happens? Absolutely not. Most children do not grow up until they are on their own. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, two kids face many difficult decisions and actions between the trial of Tom Robinson, having their black cook, and getting along at school. Jeremy Finch and Jean Louise Finch are average children. They grow up not really understanding the world and how things work. As the book develops, the kids learn how the world revolves and they eventually grow up. They learn how people think and why people act the way they are towards each other. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the theme “Growing Up” by showing Jem and Scout being
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Jem matures from a young boy to a teenager. “Atticus said no, Jem was growing” (Lee 115). When Jem turned twelve, Scout thought he had tapeworm. He was moody all the time, he messed with Scout all the time, and his appetite was all over the place. He was growing up faster than Scout and she did not like it because she had no one to play with or mess around with. “‘Gentle breeding,’ he continued, when I had found and scratched it, ‘and that you should try to live up to your name-’ Atticus preserved in spite of us: ‘She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are. She wants to you about the family and what it’s meant to Maycomb County through the years, so you’ll have some idea of who you are, so you might be moved to behave accordingly,’ he concluded at a gallop” (Lee 133). Aunt Alexandra wanted Jem to grow up like his father and be the Finch he was suppose to be. Jem eventually grew up like she asked of him. But none of it was because he wants to grow up, he was forced to grow up. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee utilizes the theme “Growing Up” by giving many situations where Jem and Scout have grown in personality and the way they see the world. Scout views Boo Radley changes from being afraid to wanting to know more about him. Next, Scout acts more like a lady and dresses like one. Alos, Jem grows up going from a boy to a young man, and finally, the kids obsession with Boo Radley dies down. The episodes of Maycomb County direct Jem and Scout to
Jem matures from a young boy to a teenager. “Atticus said no, Jem was growing” (Lee 115). When Jem turned twelve, Scout thought he had tapeworm. He was moody all the time, he messed with Scout all the time, and his appetite was all over the place. He was growing up faster than Scout and she did not like it because she had no one to play with or mess around with. “‘Gentle breeding,’ he continued, when I had found and scratched it, ‘and that you should try to live up to your name-’ Atticus preserved in spite of us: ‘She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are. She wants to you about the family and what it’s meant to Maycomb County through the years, so you’ll have some idea of who you are, so you might be moved to behave accordingly,’ he concluded at a gallop” (Lee 133). Aunt Alexandra wanted Jem to grow up like his father and be the Finch he was suppose to be. Jem eventually grew up like she asked of him. But none of it was because he wants to grow up, he was forced to grow up. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee utilizes the theme “Growing Up” by giving many situations where Jem and Scout have grown in personality and the way they see the world. Scout views Boo Radley changes from being afraid to wanting to know more about him. Next, Scout acts more like a lady and dresses like one. Alos, Jem grows up going from a boy to a young man, and finally, the kids obsession with Boo Radley dies down. The episodes of Maycomb County direct Jem and Scout to