To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

According to Melchor Lim,”Maturity is not when we start speaking big things, it is when we start understanding small things.” This quote is making the point, wisdom is not one’s ability to converse using convoluted statements, but rather comprehending complicated details throughout our communities. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jeremy Finch(Jem) matures by enhancing his social perceptions of the Maycomb society and his emotional competence in particular aspects.

Throughout the onset of the novel, Jem depicts the Maycomb society from a naive standpoint, until later realizing how distinct his perceptions had turned out to be. Initially, Jem viewed his father, Atticus Finch, as an old, feeble man who had not ever done

Additionally, during a fire at Miss Maudie’s house, the kids were instructed to stand a reasonable

Mrs.Dubose, the Finch’s neighbor, had been an old lady who harassed the children in each and every encounter. However, after an intense altercation between Mrs.Dubose and Jem over Atticus defending a black man, Jem lost his mental composure and destroyed the old lady’s camelia bush. As a result, Atticus forces Jem over to her house on weekends to read to her for nearly a month. However, following her death a few days after the last reading session, Atticus explained to Jem that “Mrs.Dubose was a morphine addict”(Lee 146) and the real reason for him sending Jem had been “to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand(Lee 149).” As Mrs.Dubose had portrayed her courage to die sober instead of consuming the drugs she relied on for so long. During one night, Jem and Scout had found Dill hiding under Scout’s bed in a disheveled condition. After Jem realized the reason behind Dill’s surprise visit, his initial reaction had been “You oughta let your mother know where you are”(Lee 187) due to his concern for how Dill’s mother might be feeling. The expanding concern Jem felt induced him to call Atticus, upstairs to inform him about the situation and what to do, even if he had to break a guideline that they set in their childhood. This occasion had greatly proven Jem’s expansion in the