“‘A lady?’ Jem raised his head. His face was scarlet. ‘After all those things she said about you, a lady?’” (Lee, 128). In this passage Jem learns that you can’t let others get to you. This theme is illustrated through the conflict with Ms. Dubose. Jem reaches his breaking point after Ms. Dubose insults him day after day and does something rash. He ends up having to learn his lesson by reading to her for two hours a day for a couple of weeks. He learns a lot about the person and the story behind those words. Throughout the story Jem learns many lessons and this is represented through literary elements such as his tone. One literary element that helps shape the theme and Jem’s coming of age experience is his tone. In To Kill A Mockingbird it
