The idea of growing and maturing is foreign to a young child's mind, yet they're the ones becoming a better version of themselves. Readers see growth in Jem and Scout from how they are treated to how Scout thinks. Jem is being treated older by Atticus and Calpurnia, which is increasing his maturity. Scout went from age 6 to age 9 during the book. She learns how to create an opinion on a person and how to treat animals that don’t harm them. By changing perspectives, Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, show growth as you see their opinions change, demonstrating how moral values develop an increased level of maturity. Once Jem discounts Scout's level of understanding, Scout tries harder to show that she can understand more mature topics than people her age. During the trial, Jem tries to tell Scout to go home because the stuff they will …show more content…
During summer, Scout finds a roly-poly on the porch. As she was going to kill it, Jem stopped her: “Don't do that, Scout. Set him out on the back steps” “Jem, are you crazy.?” “I said to set him on the back steps.” Sighing, I scooped him up and set him on the back steps, placed him on the bottom step and went back to my cot” (Lee 319). Jem finds it unnecessary to kill the roly-poly because it is harmless so harming the bug would be unnecessary. He finds it unnecessary to kill the bug for the same reasons that Atticus taught them to never kill a mockingbird. Scout finds that Jem is being bossy, which makes her feel reluctant to listen to Jem because she doesn’t understand how he is looking at the situation. Jem’s moral values have grown and he does not want to harm something that can’t harm him. Scout learns from him and sees that Jem is right and she should listen. During this time in the book it is seen that Jem is starting to grow into a better person and with his morals changing it is starting to help Scout change