Jem Finch Maturity
Living in a world where white supremacy is the social norm, and blacks are constantly treated unjustly, two kids Scout and Jem Finch, along with the help of their father, learn to overcome social injustices. Maycomb is a small town within the state of Alabama, but in that town lies discrimination, segregation, prejudice, and much more. When Scout and Jem’s father Atticus is called to defend a black man in a rape case, chaos arises. In the thick of it all lies Jem and Scout, and they have to learn how to get through the storm. In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Harper Lee uses conflict and setting to develop the theme of maturity and courage within the Finch children.
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Scout had started her first day of school and had already got in trouble for being able to read and write. When lunch time comes Miss Caroline offers to give Walter Cunningham a quarter to get lunch. When Walter declines the offer Scout speaks up for him despite the fact that she hasn’t started the day on the right foot. Scout explains why Walter can’t take the quarter by saying, “ The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back-no church baskets and no scrip stamps.” Another example of courage that Scout exhibited was when she walked into the mob of men that were going to hurt Atticus. Even though Scout could have been hurt she still interrupted the group of men to help her father. While talking to Mr. Cunningham, one of the mob members, she simply states, “ Entailments are bad.” With those three words she is able to make the mob go away without any arguments. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee is able to convey the maturity and courage of the Finch children by using conflict and setting. The themes in this book help us to have the courage to stand up to injustices, even when everyone else is against you and to treat everyone equally in the courthouse and outside of it. The book is very significant to our world because it shows us how some states treated others then, but it also allows us to reflect upon the things that we have been able to change throughout the
Harper Lee establishes the theme of maturity in Jem Finch by using …show more content…
Scout had started her first day of school and had already got in trouble for being able to read and write. When lunch time comes Miss Caroline offers to give Walter Cunningham a quarter to get lunch. When Walter declines the offer Scout speaks up for him despite the fact that she hasn’t started the day on the right foot. Scout explains why Walter can’t take the quarter by saying, “ The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back-no church baskets and no scrip stamps.” Another example of courage that Scout exhibited was when she walked into the mob of men that were going to hurt Atticus. Even though Scout could have been hurt she still interrupted the group of men to help her father. While talking to Mr. Cunningham, one of the mob members, she simply states, “ Entailments are bad.” With those three words she is able to make the mob go away without any arguments. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee is able to convey the maturity and courage of the Finch children by using conflict and setting. The themes in this book help us to have the courage to stand up to injustices, even when everyone else is against you and to treat everyone equally in the courthouse and outside of it. The book is very significant to our world because it shows us how some states treated others then, but it also allows us to reflect upon the things that we have been able to change throughout the