Jem, is the character that undergoes the biggest transformation in the novel now that not only has he had to mature to be a good big brother for Scout but he changes physically and emotionally thanks to puberty. To begin with, Jem shows some acts that any big brother would do. He is a kid that doesn't like to be with his little sister which shows how his mind hasn’t changed and still firmly believes how awful is to be with a…
Jem, the oldest child, matures throughout the novel by showing more adult qualities, like protecting his family, as he ages throughout the novel. He starts out the novel clinging to his father’s watch; when he carries it “[he walks] on eggs,” but when…
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem Finch has to deal with being the eldest child and the first one to grow up and be mature. This situation puts him in a strange position as he is seen acting as strange and betraying by the people around him, especially his younger sibling Scout and his friend Dill. In chapter fourteen, this struggle is brought to surface after Dill is found under Scout’s bed because he ran away from his uninterested parents. In this scene, Jem has to stand up and start acting more mature even though it’ll sting, which Harper Lee reveals by dialogue and through Jem’s character and his actions. Before it all begins, the reader has the knowledge that Dill decided to run away from his home and hide under Scout’s bed.…
To show this transition from child to adult Harper Lee uses many literary elements. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses characterization, symbolism, and setting to show Jem’s coming of age. In chapter 22, Lee uses characterization to show Jem maturing into a young man. This newfound maturity is shown when Jem comments, “It’s like bein’ a caterpillar in a cocoon… I always thought Maycomb folks were the best in the world, least that's what they seemed like”(Lee 288).…
Harper Lee, a white American women, grew up in Alabama during the Great Depression. Her father was a lawyer and her mother died of a mental illness. During her lifetime, her father was the “odd one out” when he decided to defend a group of black boys who were falsely accused of a crime they did not commit. This was called the Scottsboro Boys Trial. The boys were still found guilty and this changed Harper Lee’s perspective on life.…
As a person grows up, they must learn how to deal with stressful situations, to cooperate with others and take initiatives. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of two children that takes place over a handful of impactful years. Jem, the older brother of Scout, drastically changes and, as a result, becomes a more refined and respectable character. Throughout the novel, Jem's view of courage changes as he tries to follow his father's progressive and brazen footsteps.…
He occasionally teases Scout about being a girl and he spends a lot of time trying to find out what is up with Boo radley. As the book progresses, it is heavily implied that Jem enters puberty and has many mood swings. Readers may start to notice that Jem starts to change into a man similar to Atticus. For example,"I drew bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, 'Scout's a coward!' ringing in my ears.…
Although Jem is still child, he is much more mature and understanding than 10 year old Jem. The cruelty Jem has had to encounter is only the price of his growing maturity and understanding of said cruel…
(155). He has to come to terms with the fact that not everything is as it seems. Jem’s gradual change into adulthood first began when the citizens of Maycomb began to insult him and his family because of the Tom Robinson case. He has to become the bigger person and ignore all of the hateful remarks. He understands that fighting will not make the gossip and insults go away, and tries to relay that to Scout.…
The Transfer To Adulthood Someone once said that the hardest part about growing up, is letting go of what you were used to; and moving on to something your not. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows us a lot of examples of coming of age. Coming of age is the transfer from childhood to adulthood. Harper Lee shows a deeper understanding of the main characters in the book; Jem and Scout. Aunt Alexandria visits to make some changes.…
I have been very fond of Scout and Jem for a while now, I’ve been wanting to play with them but I don’t like to leave my house. On Halloween night, I was sitting in my chair and I heard some scuffling going on outside. Immediately I rushed out and found a grown man attacking Scout and Jem. So I pulled him off the kids and killed him with his own knife in protection for the children.…
Consequently, by alerting Atticus and seeking help from a grown-up, Jem proves to be a more mature character. He clearly puts adult notions of what is right before child ones. Towards the end of the book, Jem loses his innocence almost entirely by understanding the reality of Maycomb. He realizes that his hometown is not…
Also, here Jem believes that he has authority over his sister, just because he is four years older. Thirdly, Scout states that Jem "broke the remaining code of their childhood,” (pg 119), when he goes and tells Atticus that Dill ran away from home. This shows that Jem is starting to act wisely like…
The infamous old court house still stands, and the locals of Monroeville can still remember the eerie house that once resembled the chilling tale of the Radley house in Harper Lee 's prize winning work To Kill A Mockingbird (Wilson, Mike 2010). Author Harper Lee allows her readers to not only encounter a perspective of living in the imaginary town of Maycomb, but also gives the readers a view of her own childhood back in the 1930s. She uses her experiences and connects them through the main characters, Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, and Tom Robinson. Her life impacts the novel’s setting of Monroeville County that was during The Great Depression, and the themes presented of social prejudice, racial injustice, and the loss of innocence as children…
Jem has evolved so much since the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, he has been through a lot of emotions and events. He went through many things as a child. , that helped him grow into a young man. Although, Jem has evolved he has been through a lot throughout the book, including breaking some rules, and realizing a thing or two. In the novel To KIll a Mockingbird, several characters have changed but the character that has changed the most is Jem because he didn’t play with Scout anymore, he broke the childhood rule, and he began to realize how racist maycomb can be.…