How Does Jem Change In To Kill A Mockingbird
Forging in the Midst of Order, Creating Chaos, and Revealing Changes
“I think there are just one type of folks. Folks” ( Lee 231) says Scout, an eight-year-old girl filled with curiosity, innocence, and an open mind in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee portrays her views through Scout, who has not experienced the world and believes that each person, regardless of their character, race, or class, has the right to be treated equally amongst all. This does not occur in Maycomb, the small Alabama town in which Scout resides, and although she thinks that everyone is equal, Scout’s journey in life makes her realize that this is not true. Without trying to, Scout, with her brother Jem and close friend Dill, changes how other people think. …show more content…
The children check on Atticus to see if he is safe while trying to protect Tom Robinson from the mob. Atticus pleads for Jem to take Scout and Dill home, but Jem refuses, as a result, the mob gets angry and one of the men “grabbed Jem roughly by his collar… nearly off his feet” (203). Scout stands up and exclaims, “‘Don’t you [a man from the mob] touch him [Jem]!’” she then “kicked the man swiftly” (204). Surprisingly, Scout starts to converse with Mr. Cunningham about his son, Walter. She makes him realize that she and her father are good people like Mr. Cunningham. As an effect of this change in thought, Mr. Cunningham leads the mob to leave, leaving Tom Robinson unharmed. Scout causes a change in the perspective of Walter Cunningham, who leads the mob to leave without causing violence. Her innocence and open heart made Cunningham realize what he was going to do, harm another innocent, Tom Robinson. “So it took an eight-year-old child to bring ‘em [the mob’s] senses” to understand not to harm one who is not guilty, and this is exactly what Atticus believes as well (210). As stated previously, Jem, Dill, and Scout save their father, Atticus, and Tom Robinson from the harmful mob. Occurrences of chaos caused by the children change the behaviors, actions, and thoughts of the
“I think there are just one type of folks. Folks” ( Lee 231) says Scout, an eight-year-old girl filled with curiosity, innocence, and an open mind in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee portrays her views through Scout, who has not experienced the world and believes that each person, regardless of their character, race, or class, has the right to be treated equally amongst all. This does not occur in Maycomb, the small Alabama town in which Scout resides, and although she thinks that everyone is equal, Scout’s journey in life makes her realize that this is not true. Without trying to, Scout, with her brother Jem and close friend Dill, changes how other people think. …show more content…
The children check on Atticus to see if he is safe while trying to protect Tom Robinson from the mob. Atticus pleads for Jem to take Scout and Dill home, but Jem refuses, as a result, the mob gets angry and one of the men “grabbed Jem roughly by his collar… nearly off his feet” (203). Scout stands up and exclaims, “‘Don’t you [a man from the mob] touch him [Jem]!’” she then “kicked the man swiftly” (204). Surprisingly, Scout starts to converse with Mr. Cunningham about his son, Walter. She makes him realize that she and her father are good people like Mr. Cunningham. As an effect of this change in thought, Mr. Cunningham leads the mob to leave, leaving Tom Robinson unharmed. Scout causes a change in the perspective of Walter Cunningham, who leads the mob to leave without causing violence. Her innocence and open heart made Cunningham realize what he was going to do, harm another innocent, Tom Robinson. “So it took an eight-year-old child to bring ‘em [the mob’s] senses” to understand not to harm one who is not guilty, and this is exactly what Atticus believes as well (210). As stated previously, Jem, Dill, and Scout save their father, Atticus, and Tom Robinson from the harmful mob. Occurrences of chaos caused by the children change the behaviors, actions, and thoughts of the