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Examples Of Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Maturity is Key: An analysis of motif in To Kill a Mockingbird Growth in Maturity happens daily in everyone’s life. Maturing is a stage in which emotions develop throughout time while facing obstacles and learning what is morally correct. These traits are prevalent in literature as well. Growth in maturity can help characters develop their persona and portray what is morally correct and incorrect. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the motif that children grow up throughout time and their perspectives on life alter. Jem Finches’ growth in maturity helped him develop the understanding and consequences of certain events and ideas. As Jem got older things become more understandable to him. For example, Jem does not want Atticus his father to find out what they have …show more content…

“Atticus aint ever whipped me since I can remember, I wanna keep it that way”(75). This shows that Jem is growing and maturing by showing his concern about losing his father’s respect. Jem is just a young boy around this time of the novel and his maturity is progressing faster than other children. Jem realizes Atticus’s respect is more important than his childish necessities. In addition, Jem is amazed on how Atticus refuses to brag about his talents after shooting a rabid dog. “Naw, Scout its something you wouldn't understand. Atticus is real old, but i wouldn't care if he wouldn't do anything--I wouldn't care if he couldn't do a blessed thing….Atticus is a gentleman just like me!(131). Jems maturity level has risen to greater levels. He understands that a gentleman doesn't brag about his talents and does not need to expose his greater ability to others. Furthermore, Jem is upset with the outcome of

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In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem, or Jeremy Atticus Finch, is Scout's brother, and throughout the story he changes and matures a lot through a series of stages. First, you have the event that caused this, the trial, then you have the influence that it put upon Jem ,and lastly, how he had overall changed from the experience. After Tom's Trial, when Tom is deemed guilty and goes to jail, Jem is mad because he feels it's unfair. Jem realizes that his outlook on law was rather naive and that there's much more to it, and that his ways of thinking were childish as shown when he is speaking to Atticus, “How could they do it, how could they?’’

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For example, Jem Finch, the gullible child who believed his society was flawless, isn’t the same person by the end of the novel. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates Jem’s maturity through his behavior and speech. To begin with, Jem exhibits his maturity through his actions. Lee demonstrates Jem’s advancing age when he tells Atticus about Dill hiding in their house.

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