Jem Finch matures during To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. When the story begins, Jem is immature and does not understand how to be a good role model he enjoys childish games and has a concrete view of life, as the story goes on Jem starts to go through puberty and becomes more moody, but with this he develops the understanding of the events that take place to his family and starts to become disgusted by the town injustice, he slowly begins to make decision which lead him separate himself from young Dill and Scout but also become a good role model. Throughout the novel Jem finch grows mentally, socially and physically from having a childish view on life to maturing into a well-behaved, strong headed young man.
Socially you see jem
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This quotes helps show Jem is mature proving scout feels that Jem is showing he doesn’t feel as much connections between him and young children. Scout is not the only one who notices the changes in Jem. Jem also noticed changes in his behavior. “Jem felt his age and gravitated to the adults, leaving me [Scout] to entertain our cousin [Francis]. Francis was eight and slicked back his hair” ( 80). This quote helps support the idea of Jem becoming more mature because he is also showing a mindset of who he want to be around and because he is maturing he finds himself more comfortable around adults. Overall you see Jem start to develop his own mind set and feelings towards other …show more content…
Jem always seem to be able to feel proud about himself even if he was told he could only be the waterboy. Scout say “ Jem tried to show me his chest hair,” (225). Even though what he had was not a lot this show how Jem is embracing his feeling towards being a man and is becoming more responsibly, in many ways this shows he is kinda acting like a father for Scout when Atticus is not there. Another time Jem show physical maturing is when scout says “ He has grown taller,”(225). This mostly comes with age but it also shows how Scout can see Jem as a protector from bad because he is taller and more manly. Physically Scout describes Jem as a more mature, responsible person in her life who can protect