In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a clear change in Jem’s actions can be seen. When Jem comes home to find Scout chewing gum she found in a Radley tree, Jem feels the need to control her and have her spit it out. “Jem stamped his foot. ‘Don’t you know you’re not supposed to even touch the trees over there? You’ll get killed if you do!’ ‘You touched the house once!’ That was different! You go gargle -- right now, you hear me? (37-38)’” There is a stigma that everything at the Radley house is poisonous and that you’ll get “killed if you [touch the tree]”. Jem goes along and follows theses claims without making his own opinions and feels the need to invest them into Scout. Moreover, Jem likes to be in charge and address his
