What Does Jem Learn In To Kill A Mockingbird

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I have finished the novel. In this portion of the book, Tom Robinson is shot trying to escape prison. Scout’s old curiosity about Boo Radley returns, although she feels bad for having bothered him so much, and Jem struggles to cope with everything that the Finches have gone through. Bob Ewell appears to have it out for everyone involved in the Robinson case; he pesters Helen and tries to break into Judge Taylor’s house. Scout is cast as a ham in Maycomb’s first ever Halloween pageant. Jem walks Scout to the high school for her performance. Scout misses her cues and is so embarrassed that she and Jem wait until nearly everyone else has left before departing. On their way home,

She takes a moment to think about what the events of the past few years would have looked like from his perspective. In this paper I will be evaluating.

A person cannot really understand someone until they walk in that person’s shoes. This is a lesson Scout learns many times over throughout the novel. Scout begins to realize the value of this lesson during her encounter with Dolphus Raymond. Everyone in Maycomb believes Raymond to be a drunk and a disgrace. He constantly drinks out of a paper sack, which Jem gleefully tells Scout and Dill conceals a bottle of liquor. Long ago, Raymond was engaged to a respectable white woman, but following their wedding rehearsal, the bride shot herself. Maycomb lore says it was because she found out about Raymond’s colored lover. After the tragedy, Raymond made the shocking choice to stay with his paramour. The two have several children, all of whom Raymond does his best by. Raymond spends most of his time with the colored folk, as opposed to the white people, despite the fact that Raymond is both wealthy and from an old family. Maycomb society attributes this to his being drunk, and once Jem

Now he is not so sure. Aunt Alexandra finds herself having similar doubts as she speaks to Miss Maudie. She accuses Maycomb folks of putting all of their responsibilities on Atticus, of being so afraid of sticking their own necks out that they let him do it for them. Echoing her nephew, she questions who else stood up for Tom Robinson, asks what else the people of Maycomb could possibly want from her brother when this case has already worn him ragged. Aunt Alexandra, Jem, and Scout all believe that Atticus was the only one with the guts and the heart to support Tom. However, a series of experiences would soon prove them wrong. Miss Maudie points out to Jem and Scout that the case should have gone to Maycomb’s most junior lawyer, who needed the experience. By assigning Atticus to the case, Judge Taylor was standing up for Tom in his own way. Also to be considered is the way Judge Taylor behaved during the trial. He remained for the most part impartial, as a judge ought, but the reader could tell that he was leaning heavily in favor of the defendant. As Atticus says, he made Bob Ewell and his case look foolish. Another clear example of someone who