The novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a story about a small town girl in Maycomb, Alabama 1935, and her childhood adventures. Scout’s father, a lawyer named Atticus, takes a case of defending a black man named Tom Robinson, who was wrongfully accused of rape. Throughout the course of the book, mainly the Robinson case, Scout and her brother mature. However your can see this maturity taking a greater toll on Scout’s brother, Jem. Jem was a ten year old boy who started blooming into a respectable man. He learned many things throughout the course of the book and saw glimpses of how the world can really be; cruel. Jem begins to understand the difference between childhood and adulthood. However, maturity comes with a price. The price of seeing and
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Dill ran away from home because he felt neglected by his mom and new step-dad. Jem, worried about how Dill’s mother would react said, “Your oughta let your mother know where your are…Your oughta let her know you’re here…(Harper Lee, pg.141)” To this Jem broke a sacred childhood rule and told Atticus that Dill had run away. Dill was slightly upset that Jem had broken his trust, but Jem tried to reason with him. He tried to show Dill what his mother was feeling by saying, “Dill I had to tell him. You can’t run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’.(Harper Lee, pg.141)” Jem was beginning to understand how adults felt and how they had to choose a safe child over a friendly child.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem Finch starts to comprehend the responsibilities an adult has to handle. He starts of as a rowdy and slightly disrespectful little boy to an understanding and accepting individual. He begins to think for himself and also understand the life lessons his father has been teaching him. He starts to empathize with Boo Radley and give up his childish ways. 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
Dill ran away from home because he felt neglected by his mom and new step-dad. Jem, worried about how Dill’s mother would react said, “Your oughta let your mother know where your are…Your oughta let her know you’re here…(Harper Lee, pg.141)” To this Jem broke a sacred childhood rule and told Atticus that Dill had run away. Dill was slightly upset that Jem had broken his trust, but Jem tried to reason with him. He tried to show Dill what his mother was feeling by saying, “Dill I had to tell him. You can’t run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’.(Harper Lee, pg.141)” Jem was beginning to understand how adults felt and how they had to choose a safe child over a friendly child.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem Finch starts to comprehend the responsibilities an adult has to handle. He starts of as a rowdy and slightly disrespectful little boy to an understanding and accepting individual. He begins to think for himself and also understand the life lessons his father has been teaching him. He starts to empathize with Boo Radley and give up his childish ways. 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