Jem’s Realization of the True World
The outcome of the court case caused Jem to question the goodness of humanity when he assumed that people would always make the right choice which in turn caused Jem to mature and understand the world for how it truly is.
Originally, Jem believes that a person will always make the right choice based on fact and logic instead of on racist traditions to determine whether a human being lives or dies. Jem is explaining to Reverend Sikes why Atticus was sure to win the court case when he says, “Don’t see how any jury in this world could convict on what we heard-”(Lee 279) This is Jem audibly professing the child-like belief that the jury will believe Atticus’ facts and ignore his skin color to make an objective decision. Jem begins to change this opinion when discussing the outcome of the case with Atticus. He says, ”It ain’t right, Atticus”(284). This quote shows that Jem is passing from …show more content…
Jem completes this conversion in his conversation with Scout about types of people. Jem states, “There's four kinds of folks in this world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.” Jem no longer sees everyone as one big family(302). Instead he has realized that there are carefully drawn lines between people with differing skin colors and opinions. Jem has finally committed to be unlike his fellow Maycomb's in a conversation with Ms. Maudie. Jem says, “I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they seemed like.” Jem has realized that Maycombians are not perfect and fall short in many ways. This quote is showing a separation between Jem and the traditional Maycombian and they differences in their opinions and
The outcome of the court case caused Jem to question the goodness of humanity when he assumed that people would always make the right choice which in turn caused Jem to mature and understand the world for how it truly is.
Originally, Jem believes that a person will always make the right choice based on fact and logic instead of on racist traditions to determine whether a human being lives or dies. Jem is explaining to Reverend Sikes why Atticus was sure to win the court case when he says, “Don’t see how any jury in this world could convict on what we heard-”(Lee 279) This is Jem audibly professing the child-like belief that the jury will believe Atticus’ facts and ignore his skin color to make an objective decision. Jem begins to change this opinion when discussing the outcome of the case with Atticus. He says, ”It ain’t right, Atticus”(284). This quote shows that Jem is passing from …show more content…
Jem completes this conversion in his conversation with Scout about types of people. Jem states, “There's four kinds of folks in this world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.” Jem no longer sees everyone as one big family(302). Instead he has realized that there are carefully drawn lines between people with differing skin colors and opinions. Jem has finally committed to be unlike his fellow Maycomb's in a conversation with Ms. Maudie. Jem says, “I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they seemed like.” Jem has realized that Maycombians are not perfect and fall short in many ways. This quote is showing a separation between Jem and the traditional Maycombian and they differences in their opinions and