At the point when Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird starts, Scout begins by recalling on the end of the story when Jem breaks his arm. In spite of the fact that Jem and his sister Scout frequently bicker, Jem turns into a decent sibling through his coming of age. He keeps her safe, and serves as one of her closest companions. Numerous things change Jem between the beginning and conclusion, his physical attributes as well as psychological.
In the course of the story he ages from 10 to 13, which time of extraordinary change in any child’s life. Jem is no exemption to this guideline. Jem enters pubescence and starts to mature. Scout notices his appearance changing as "his eyebrows were becoming heavier, and...a new slimness about his body. He was growing taller."(Lee 225) That is sufficient in itself to be evidence of change, without the other life changing occasions that Jem encounters. On the other hand the best gage of Jem's development …show more content…
As well as his only motivation is because "In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare." (Lee 13) But as the story advances, Jem finds out about bravery from Atticus confronting a frantic canine, from Mrs. Dubose's battle with her addiction, and from Scout's meeting with the men at the prison, among others.
Jem wants to be like his father, and plans to follow his footsteps into the field of law. He admires Atticus and would rather be harmed than disappoint his dad. As Jem develops a more defined sense of bravery, he starts to make the wiser decisions despite the fact that his choice may not be favorable. For example, when Dill sneaks into Scout's room after to fleeing from home, Jem said, "You oughta let your mother know where you are "(Lee 142) and makes the troublesome choice to include Atticus. A short time later, he's incidentally shunned by his companions, yet he keeps up the rightness of his