Examples Of Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird

“Maturity is that time when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see others.” As one matures throughout his/her lifetime “the mirrors in our mind turn to windows” we become aware of our surroundings, therefore “instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see others.” In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem displays an increase of maturity in several ways. Jem shows maturity in the book not only by acting physically but also by listening to the wisdom and experience that Atticus talks with.Jem matures throughout the book by going from being naive and not questioning the things he does not understand, to admiring Atticus, understanding that he has to take more responsibility

Uncle Jack instructed us in the rudiments;” Then Uncle Jack said, “Atticus wasn’t interested in guns.” This passage proves the naivety of Jem because it says that Atticus gave them their air rifles, but did not teach them to shoot, why did “Uncle Jack [instruct them] in the rudiments? It says that “Atticus wasn’t interested in guns” but later on they discover that he was the deadest shot in Maycomb if Jem was not so naive then he would have asked Atticus or someone else why he was not interested in guns. It was Jem’s naivety that made him surprised at the fact that Atticus was the deadest shot in Maycomb.Jem displays an increase of maturity by telling Atticus that Dill was in their house, “Dill's eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor.” this indicates that Dill is scared because he does not know what Jem is about to do/say, he is fearing that he might tell Atticus, then “He went out of the room and down the hall. "Atticus," [he was calling,] his voice was distant.” After he got hold of Atticus and took him to where Dill was hiding in their house, “Jem was standing in a corner of the room, looking like the traitor he was. "’Dill, I had to tell him,’" he said.” This quote proves that Jem is maturing because he, “broke the remaining code of [their] childhood.” to do the right thing, tell Atticus. He understood that sometimes to do the right thing you have