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To Kill A Mockingbird Jem Finch Character Traits

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Micah Godoy English 9H August 9, 2023 To Kill A Mockingbird Written Character Ana In the classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jeremy Atticus Finch is empathetic, responsible, and brave. Jem Finch is the son of Atticus Finch, an attorney in Maycomb, Alabama and the brother of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch. At the beginning of the book, Scout narrates Jem as a ten year old boy with pale skin and brown soapy hair. He was seen as childish but grew into a responsible young man with a sense of maturity. He strongly looks up to his father and plans to follow his career path of law. Jem undergoes a series of conflicts in the book, as he hadn’t been exposed into the real world yet. In chapter 22, “‘It’s like bein’ a caterpillar in a …show more content…

He illustrates different kinds of bravery as he gets older. Jem’s shows bravery as a little boy when Dill dares him to touch the Radley’s house, even if it was described as morbid. Chapter 1 states, “In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare.” Jem is courageous when a group of men approach Atticus at the jail. He refuses to leave his and has a desire to keep his father safe. In chapter 15, page 173, “‘All right, Mr. Finch, get ‘em oua here,’ someone growled. In the midst of this strange assembly, Atticus stood trying to make Jem mind him. ‘I ain’t going,’ was his steady answer to Atticus’s threats.” With all these threats, Jem was still assertive on staying, exhibiting great bravery. In chapter 27, Jem and Scout are being followed home, “We were nearly to the road when I felt Jem’s hand leave me, felt him jerk backwards to the ground. More scuffling, and there came a dull crunching sound and Jem screamed.” In this moment of raw fear, Jem puts Scout over himself, saving her life and leaving himself injured. Jem learns from Atticus and his own experiences, that courage and bravery are achieving the right thing, no matter the

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Scout shows courage a lot throughout the book, she stands up for Atticus when he was about to get killed by the mob. Both Jem and Scout go through all the bullying and name calling at their school when their dad defends Tom Robinson, which is hard to handle as a young kid. And When Tom Robinson gets Thompson 2 killed, they were both brave enough to hide it and not show they were scared. Jem mostly sees courage as physical courage, and never in his life has he turned down a dare. Like when he accepts Dill’s dare to go touch the Radley house, even though he was scared.

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Jem is growing up and growing through the rough time of puberty/adolescence and Scout doesn’t know how to treat him which makes the situation a little worse. His main goal in life is growing up and be just like his father, Atticus. In the book Scout states, “Jem picked up a rock and threw it jubilantly at the carhouse. Running after it he called back: ‘Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!’” (Harper 99).

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Along with demonstrating Jem’s true bravery, Atticus pleads Jem to take the kids home. Atticus is scared for the kids but does not want to back down. Jem understands this and faces the potential consequence of becoming injured. Jem displays bravery by refusing to leave Atticus when he is in

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