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To Kill A Mockingbird Jem's Emotional Growth

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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout first handedly experiences Jem growing and developing from a child into a young man. While Jem develops, Harper Lee uses Jem’s emotional growth and his actions toward others to prove how maturity can change a person over time. When Jem started maturing, he expressed immediate signs of puberty: uncontrollable mood spikes and consecutive periods of isolation are only several of the symptoms he showed. “He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, and moody. His appetite was so appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus.” (Lee 115) During this time span, Jem also finds himself very cranky . “Jem was scowling. It was probably a part of the stage he
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