One of three examples of the way that Jem 's character developed in Part one of the novel , is that Jem in Part one of the novel intervenes when Scout was whaling upon Walter for circumstances that were far beyond his control. He thus in this way, shows that he is changing, and learning the meaning of respect and empathy. Although respect and empathy are certainly hard lessons for him to learn, as he later attacks Mrs. Dubose 's camellia bush in chapter 11, and he certainly doesn 't show any respect or empathy then. This, then brings us to the second example of how he is changing and developing as a character in Part one of the novel for he softly pets the petals of the camellia. Which, is shown here in the following excerpt “I saw him