The Growing Mockingbird When children grow up‚ they can face difficult problems‚ and then learn to cope and take major responsibilities. To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is about two kids (Jem and Scout) that span over a couple years. A special boy named Jem ages from ten to thirteen over the course of the novel‚ and goes through countless significant changes. Over the years‚ he is exposed to issues most adults face‚ and later on‚ shows the understanding of racism and innocence. Jem becomes mature
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“Maturity comes with experience‚ not age” (Ziad K. Abdelnour). Everyday‚ people of all ages lose their innocence and develop morally through their daily experiences. Children deal with mishaps on the playground as they sort out conflicts with friends and family and troubles in school. Similarly‚ Adults deal with conflicts within their own families‚ problems at work‚ and the loss of a loved one. Through experiences‚ people learn important lessons that impact the way they think‚ act‚ approach situations
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The characters in the book To Kill a Mockingbird have changed a lot throughout the novel. They have many different relationships in the book. Throughout the novel we read about Jem and Scout at many ages. We read about Jem from when he’s a child to a young adult and about Scout when she’s a child. We see them grow all throughout the course of the novel. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird the author shows how Jem matures. He is still a boy at this point (chapter 16-20) in the book but is reaching
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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee shows the characteristics of the Jeremy Finch through his younger sister and narrator‚ Scout Finch. Jem is a young boy growing up in the 1930’s deep south of America. Throughout the text Scout sees Jem display characteristics similar to Atticus that contradict common society‚ his maturation into a young man and his continuing childish perspective. One characteristic shown of Jem Finch that is similar to Atticus is his ability to empathize or “….climb
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Mastery of Maturity In life‚ there is a time when one loses his or her innocence‚ later resulting in new awakenings that cause an individual to see their world in a different view. Throughout the novel‚ Harper Lee illustrates the journey of two characters‚ Jem and Scout Finch‚ to adulthood. Scout‚ Jem‚ and their childhood friend‚ Dill‚ often mess around with their neighbor‚ Boo Radley. Boo is a mysterious man that isolates himself inside his house‚ but makes an appearance at the end of the book
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the more it will have those that speak it.” Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ a character in the fictional book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ develops his maturity‚ within the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Jem’s transitional stage from the ages of ten to thirteen that are covered in the novel‚ prove to be the most altering experiences‚ that shape him into the young man he turns out to be. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character‚ Jem Finch‚ develops his own understanding of morals‚ establishes a
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unjustly‚ two kids Scout and Jem Finch‚ along with the help of their father‚ learn to overcome social injustices. Maycomb is a small town within the state of Alabama‚ but in that town lies discrimination‚ segregation‚ prejudice‚ and much more. When Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is called to defend a black man in a rape case‚ chaos arises. In the thick of it all lies Jem and Scout‚ and they have to learn how to get through the storm. In the novel‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird‚” Harper Lee uses conflict and
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In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” there are many lessons and themes. One of the best themes is how Scout and Jem mature. They start to see that the world around them isn’t all sweet and kind. The see that there is bad in the world and that sometimes the guy who did the right thing is wrong. That is a theme of the story‚ how Scout and Jem change from a child’s perspective and go to an adult perspective. One of these changes for them is during the trial. Jem see’s the racism and prejudice of the
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In‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Jem Finch matures and becomes a person with good morals‚ that he has learned from his father‚ Atticus Finch. After Jem learns about the humility of Atticus and his talent of marksmanship he says to his sister‚ Scout‚”...I wouldn’t care if he couldn’t do a blessed thing… Atticus is a gentleman just like me”(Lee 99). Jem has a change in character‚ he learns it isn’t about what other people are doing‚ it’s about what is right. Jem now wants to be like his father
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