Jem’s Maturity & Morality Morality and maturity can be seen through the protagonist Jem through the events and lessons learned from the injustices of racism and inequality. Jem shows his growth throughout To Kill a Mockingbird with him maturing and realizing his morality. Throughout the book, Jem can be seen maturing through the influence of other characters in the book which help him see and process what is happening in adult scenarios. Atticus plays a major role in Jem’s growth with Jem wanting to be like him and with Atticus’s guidance Jem learns from him. At the beginning of the story, Jem acted naive and rude towards others but as the story progressed we can see that Jem slowly matures into an intelligent and courageous young man through events such as Ms. Dubose death and the day of the trial. With Jem maturing and reflecting on his morality Jem faces the tragedies and injustices of racism and inequality. …show more content…
Scout asks about Dill’s father Jem tells Scout to be quiet because it’s a sensitive personal matter. Jem knew it was a sensitive topic and told Scout to be quiet because of her naive behavior and her young mind which doesn’t understand things. Another thing is he loves his sister and is protective of her but when he started maturing Scout described Jem, “Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me: several times he went so far as to tell me what to do. After one altercation, when Jem hollered, It’s time you started bein' a girl and acting right! I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia.” This shows that he wants Scout to understand what is happening and wants her to grow up as well as to learn and realize what the real world is and understand what is