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Mr. Tipton English Class Thunder Lian How does Lee present the relationship between Jem and Atticus? In the book To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee portrays Atticus Finch as a just and fair person, who is influential to the little town of Maycomb. He stands up for colored people and is also a very good father. Lee presents the relationship of Jem and Atticus as guide and student. Due to the fact that the book is narrated from Scout’s perspective, overall Lee presents the relationship between Jem and Atticus mainly through conversation and Jem’s action. The book gradually shows the differences between Jem’s relationship with Atticus and Scout’s relationship with Atticus. First of all, the relationship between Jem and Atticus is mainly based …show more content…

He becomes more mature. Meanwhile, he steps into the adult world. From the Tom Robinson case, he discovers how brave and just his father really is, for his father doesn’t follow what everybody else does, and instead follows his conscience, stands up and speak for the colored people as a white individual. This incident deeply influences Jem, he begins to understand the importance of treating everyone and everything with respect. In Chapter 25, he sees Scout playing with a roly-poly insect and she tends to smash it. “Don’t do that, Scout. Set him out on the back steps.” Jem action is significant, because it shows that he starts to sympathize the innocents and stands up for them just like his father does, stop shooting the innocent bird. He wants to become a man just like his father. By looking up at Atticus, Jem learns many new lessons in life. In the early chapters, when Scout asked Atticus whether or not he has possibilities to win Tom Robinson case. “For a number of reasons,” said Atticus. “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again…Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Atticus also teaches Jem to see the world with more optimism: if there are evil people then good people also exist. He makes Jem have more trust in other people. Overall, Jem gains conscience and independence to view the world from his adolescence eyes in a more mature way. Atticus helps Jem face the harsh situations of life and teaches him to value humanity. Through Atticus’ careful nurturing, Jem proves to persist through all his difficulties of facing his changing into adulthood and the evils of the world at the same

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