Examples Of Jem's Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird

During the course of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem significantly grew from a childish, playful boy to a more righteous and mature man. At the beginning of the novel, Jem behaves like a child because he is a child. He still plays make believe games with Scout and Dill and he still fears Boo Radley. Throughout the period of time when we meet Jem at age 10 at the beginning of the novel and when it ends when he's 13, he undergoes many changes. This is the time where one undergoes the most changes in one's life. Some examples of Jem's maturity through out the novel are, how he doesn't want Atticus to think badly of him when he loses his pants, how he becomes more moody and how he is the first to develop empathy for Boo. In the novel, Jem becomes very involved in the trial, fights mr. Ewell to protect scout without concern for his own life and how he is worried he won't be able to play football after breaking his arm.

Mr. Radley came outside and thought they were burglars so he shot his shotgun in the air which greatly frightened Jem, Dill, and Scout. Jem then began to run, frightened, he loses his pants when they get stuck under the fence. He didn't want to tell Atticus where they were and this is a sign of Jems maturity because he didn't want Atticus to think badly of him. In chapter 7, you can't tell Jem becomes more moody, eats more, and shows places on his body where hair is growing. This are signs of puberty and of