How Is Jem Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

The novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” is by Harper Lee. “To Kill A Mockingbird” is a realistic fiction novel. This novel is about a two young kids, Scout and Jem, and their father, Atticus. This family experiences many conflicts and challenges through this time period of racism, one being the very controversial trial the family experiences as Atticus being the lawyer. This novel is also about the maturing childhood of Jem and Scout. Jem shows that he has come of age because he has taken more responsibility, he has become more mature, as well as discovering what the real world actually is like. One way that Jem shows that he has come of age in “To Kill A Mockingbird” is through the boost in his maturity level. Jem has shown that he is much more mature because of the actions he takes when he is in a certain position. This passage shows a situation from the novel, “Dill's eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. He

Jem has transitioned from acting out plays with Scout and Dill when he was completely caught up in his fantasy world to the present where he has discovered how the real world acts and thinks. Then, after the trial he says, “It ain’t right. He didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life.” (Lee 293). In this quote Jem is speaking about Tom Robinson and the trial. This was a turning point for Jem because when he heard the verdict of the trial he finally realized how the world actually thinks and that it's not just all rainbows and sunshine. Jem has understood the real world because he was very surprised in the result of the trial mostly because he saw how adults in Maycomb really think. Jem’s recognition of what the real world is actually like is a clear demonstration of how he has come of age in the