What Is Jem Immature In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout, a curious young girl has trouble adapting to the real world. With the help of her older brother, Jem, father Atticus, and the mysterious man next door, Scout becomes mature and learns what it takes to make right decisions and be the person Atticus always wanted he to be. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and published in the year 1960. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into a movie. The movie won an academy award and is now known as a classic (back of book). Over the course of the novel, Scout is coming of age by learning about the real world and how to live within it. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is immature because she is persistent on bothering Boo Radley. Scout says, “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six and a half …show more content…
If you at an animal raw, you could never was the blood off. There was a long Jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). This quote is a perfect example of how Scout is immature. The fact that she can restate every word Jem said about Boo’s “appearance” is horrible. She is obviously very immature for believing Jem's description of Boo and not being able to comprehend that what Jem said was a lie. Scout also says, “It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps gossip and a neighborhood legend: Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money. She also lost most of her teeth, her hair, and her right