He thinks about his problem at the moment before he talks and gives out life lessons in a way that a child could understand clearly. During Tom Robinson’s trial, when Atticus was present to defend Tom, he would ask Bob and Mayella Ewell about their life and their point of view as the witness and victim in the case. Atticus asks Bob Ewell, “Will you write your name and show us?”(236). Atticus is thoughtful because he expresses his ideas clearly and would later elaborate on it. During the questioning of Bob Ewell, he had a plan set up and started it with an odd question.
Atticus embraced this state of mind when he encountered Mr. Ewell, instead of retaliating and making things worse he let Bob get it off his chest. This also took a lot of courage because
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many dislikeable characters. But there is one character that is anything but that. His name is Jem Finch. Although at times Jem can be unkind, for the most part he is very generous.
Then, there is Jem Finch, also known as just Jem. Jem is exceedingly brave and shows a lot of growth and empathy throughout the novel. Jem is the older brother and he is going through puberty and now he shows it through some of the novel. Growth and empathy are shown various times throughout the novel. “It ain 't right, somehow it ain 't right to do 'em that way.
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?’’
To Kill a Mockingbird is about Atticus Finch, an attorney who fearlessly defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. Through the novel, we are introduced to a character named Jeremy Finch, oftenly called Jem. He is a brave, responsible, and protective, young man. Jem touches Boo Radley’s house in the first few chapters. Boo Radley is a mysterious man, he’s never stepped foot out of his house.
Would you rather do the right thing and be alienated by your community for being different or do what everyone tells you to do and regret it for the rest of your life. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a story about coming of age and the loss of innocence, we dive into the mind of a young woman by the name of Scout Finch. Scout is different from the people of her small town of Maycomb, located in the state of Alabama in the two decades following the First World War. Scout is a oddity in the town, as well as the era in general, with a mind that chooses to see what others in the town choose to turn their eyes away from. In the story we follow the three main themes of naivety, hypocrisy and alienation.
The character Jem Finch come of age when he comes to realize the racism of Maycomb. The trial is when Jem first realizes the toxic racism present in Maycomb. As the jury delivers its verdict Jem’s previous world is shattered. “...his shoulders jerked as if each guilty was a separate stab between them”(Lee Pg.282). This quote is implying that every time the jury udders the world ‘guilty’ Jem is physically hurt.
Ewell also developed a hatred towards Atticus after hearing the disclosure about the trial. After the trial Mr. Ewell met Atticus , “spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life” (217). I think Bob found such an appalling behavior necessary because even though he was found innocent the people of Maycomb knew he was guilty of rape. Although Atticus received negative relationship changes he also gained positive relationships with people, specifically from the black community.
To begin with, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates the idea that the effects of racism can result in loss of Innocence. Firstly, Scout is being bullied at school by kids who are annoyed that her father, Atticus is defending a Negro. As Lee writes, “He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers. I denied it, but told Jem. ‘what’d he mean sayin’ that?”
He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me”. Atticus says this after Bob Ewell confronts him and spits in his face, but rather than bursting into rage, he keeps calm, as he knows now that the trial is over, Bob Ewell has lost all respect he had, and so his anger must be directed
Atticus is known around town as one of the best lawyers. Bob knows this and still lies in front of the court, committing perjury. First, Bob Ewell shows the most courage in the novel because he tried to murder
“You’re just a girl.” This quote speaks volumes to my work topic. Many events in this novel had standout innocent moments for 3 characters. When Scout was hearing noises and thought it was Boo. When Jem cries because Tom was convicted of rape.
Maturing is something everyone goes through in life whether you go through it early or a little later in life. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows a lot about maturing. Growing up in a small town in Maycomb, Alabama where life was a lot more different from today, you mature much different and in different ways. Jem is one person who matures through the whole story and makes realizations about people around him, including his dad, Tom Robinson, and Mrs. Dubose. Jem goes into the story thinking his dad is just some old man but as he gets older, he realizes there is more to his dad.
Atticus later tells an outraged Jem, “See if you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does… He had to take it out on somebody and I’d rather it be me than that houseful of children.” This quote coexists with a previous quote of his “ you can never fully understand someone until you step into their skin and walk around in it for a while” In this example Bob Ewell brings the quote to
