Jem

Atticus, the father of Scout and Jem, attempts to deliver the best education possible to his children. He does this informally, because the county that they live in is racist and separated between whites and blacks. His goal is to deliver an education that includes moral and ethics. To Kill A Mockingbird is a fascinating novel of Scout, a girl who is in the process of realizing the world around her. Scout’s father, Atticus, is a lawyer defending an innocent black man in Maycomb County, a very racist Southern county. Throughout the book Scout grows more and more aware of the problems in Maycomb. At first Scout’s informal education is a disadvantage to her. Then it saves her and other characters close to her from some…

The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are both speeches that signify the truth and ideas behind racial injustice by using different types and forms of persuasion. The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee takes pace in a courtroom where a white lawyer, Atticus, is defending an innocent African-American man who was charged of rape. Atticus makes a speech to the jury and audience about how race has been an issue for…

Alabama and details the childhood of two siblings, Scout and Jem Finch. The most prominent event in their childhood being when their father, Atticus Finch, defends a black man in court. Through this difficult experience, as well as others, Jem learns that he needs to protect his little sister from losing her hopeful mind, to see the more profound meaning in things, and that people are not just. In the beginning of the book, Jem is a carefree child who plays games, makes up stories, and teases…

told through the eyes of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch. In the beginning, Jeremy (Jem) Atticus Finch, Scout’s older brother, had a child-like mind, taking on reckless dares and being unaware of the environment around him. Later in the story, Jem witnessed events like his father, Atticus Finch, an attorney, desperately fight to prove the innocence of a black man accused of rape. In the story, Jem advances into adulthood, which is demonstrated he gained a new perspective towards the people of Maycomb…

progress through life. Jem Finch, Scout’s older brother and protective companion throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, struggles with becoming a young man and realizing the harsh realities of the world around him. Even though he experiences many changes and realizations, he continues to grow into a young man with strong values like Atticus and remain resilient. Throughout the novel, Jem showcases noble and heroic courage when put in intimidating situations, an imaginative and inventive…

Character of Jem and Scout. So much has changed between the kids I mean the kids change like any other children. For example in the book Jem becomes more mature I mean he is still a boy but he is working his way into manhood. You know this through his reaction at the trial of Tom Robinson and also in the way he doesn’t want to play games with his younger sister. He obviously gets older but his emotions change and a lot of other things do too. Scout has changed a lot too, but in different ways.…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem Finch is a protective and influential part of Scout’s life. Scout usually looks up to Atticus for advice; however, Jem idolizes Atticus and wants to be just like him. This causes Jem to become a patriarch and protective figure over Scout. While Scout may not want to be domineered by Jem, that changes when Scout finds a stick of gum in the Radley’s tree: “‘Don’t eat things you find, Scout. Spit it out right now! Don’t you know you're not supposed to…

Jem’s discrimination against Scout is obvious throughout the novel. Jem often degrades Scout by calling her a girl. The sequence of events starts with Jem, Scout, and Dill recklessly getting rolled in a tire, somewhat of a game. After Jem pushes Scout, the tire evidently rolls into the Radley’s yard. While Scout was being naive, Jem was in a state of anxiety. He was trying to escape. When the children finally left, Jem directs a suggestive quote to Scout: “I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so…

mentors can alter the growth of a child. In the book “To Kill and Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout were the two main characters in the book which readers know the most about. However, when readers read further on into the novel, they come to realise that Jem and Scout develop new characteristics. These points raise the questions, who were they in the beginning of the book and how did they mature into the way they are now? Well as readers delve into the first few chapters, they…

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The book is meticulously crafted from beginning to end, every sentence being very deliberate. This makes one particular line stand out quite a bit. During the final chapters of the book, the character Atticus Finch makes a comment about his son Jem Finch’s reaction to an act of harsh racism in his small town. In the book, an African American man named Tom Robinson is falsely convicted of raping a white woman. Jem cries over the case, and Atticus responds…