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Jem Finch
Jem Finch
A character from To Kill A Mockingbird

When children are growing up, they tend to go through particular events that helps them learn to cope with certain things and take responsibility in life. Jem Finch goes through a lot of events in his childhood. The protagonist Jem Finch changes throughout the book by the way he begins to see people and their true nature, how he matures, and how his view of bravery and courage varies through the book. Jem Finch overall, is character who truly starts who he is at a young age.

In the book , "To Kill A Mockingbird", Jem begins to see the way he thinks of people and their nature. For instince, "He stood there until nightfall and I waited for him," said Scout. " When we went in the house I saw that he had been crying"(62-63). When Jem And Scout saw that the knot-hole was plugged up they were upset because they had were enjoying the gifts and wanted to say thank you to the whoever was leaving the gifts for them. As Jem continuously thinks about the knot-hole, he starts realize that Boo Radley was the one putting the gifts in the knot-hole. Which starts the beginning of how Jem and Scout realizes that Boo isn't as bad as is made-up to be. Jem after the trai is again angry "It was Jem's turn to cry. His face ass streaked with angry tears as wee made our way through the cheerful crowd."" It ain't right Atticus," said Jem. "No son it's not right"(212). Jem begins to cry because he wasn't able to take the jury's conviction of Tom Robinson. He had complete confidence that Tom Robinson and believed the conviction was unjust. This where Jem begins to see unkind and evil the people in Maycomb can really be. Lastly, when Atticus tells Jem, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ,until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"(30). Atticus tells Jem that, in order to truly understand someone, you have to see things from their prespective. This helps

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