(Jem And Scout) To Kill a Mockingbird: Character Analysis Imagine just two young kids maturing within a matter of years. Imagine that same two kids, experiencing or understanding things that they aren’t meant to at a young age. Jem and Scout were just like that. They have experienced many things that they shouldn’t have at their age. Scout on the other hand, seems to be the one maturing the most.
Throughout this whole essay, you will learn about Jem and Scout’s attributes, personality, and how alike or different they are from each other. Jem and Scout are two siblings. They love to have fun, be with their father, and try to understand many things that are going in their lives. An example is Scout. She is a very unusual little girl, she is unusually smart and unusually worries about the goodness of evil and mankind. “I think there’s just one kind of folks.
Folks.” The quote illustrates that Scout thinks that, everyone in the world is the same. Even though their skin colors or their lifestyles are different, they are all the same. Jem is a boy who is not without hope. He is also like Scout, although he has some doubts over what Scout may think.
“If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they ” re all alike, why do they get out of their way to despise each other?” What Jem is trying to say in the quote is that, if people are all the same, why do they still discriminate each other? Jem and Scout are two siblings who just want to figure out many things they cannot understand. Scout can be considered the new southern woman. She is strong willed, opinionated, and accepting. The attributes of Aunt Alexandra such as racism is not in Scout. “‘Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.’ In this quote, Scout explains that fine folks are people just like everyone who did exactly the same thing, but only with the sense they had. The quote also explains that, Scout seems to not understand why Aunt Alexandra would look down on people like that? Jem is the brother of Scout.
The Term Paper on Aunt Alexandra Scout Jem Atticus
CH. 1 Scout, the narrator, remembers the summer that her brother Jem broke his arm, and she looks back over the years to recall the incidents that led to that climactic event. Scout provides a brief introduction to the town of Maycomb, Alabama and its inhabitants, including her widowed father Atticus Finch, attorney and state legislator; Calpurnia, their "Negro" cook and housekeeper; and various ...
He is older than Scout which makes him kind of a role model for Scout. Although, Jem doesn’t like the racism that goes on in May comb. Jem is upset due to the fact that Tom Robinson was been called guilty. “It was Jems turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made it through the cheerful crowd.” The quote illustrates that Jem can’t bare that Tom is guilty, when he isn’t.
This also illustrates that Jem is becoming angrier as he makes his way through the crowd filled with cheers. Towards the end of the novel, Jem becomes more calmer. After all that has happened throughout the novel, he becomes more mature and understands many things that he didn’t understand before. Although, Scout remains a child in the end of the novel.
Her perspective on life begins to develop. At heart, Scout believes in goodness in people and she also believes that everyone is the same. As Jem and Scout begin to mature, they become a lot more different. They also have a lot more to go through.
