To Kill A Mockingbird - The Maturing Of Jem Finch
Beginning of paper
Society is not as innocent to a child as it may appear to be. In fact,
when one really understands the society in which he lives he is no longer a
child. This is much the same case as found in To Kill A Mockingbird, by
Leigh Harper. Although Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel, is
imm ....
Middle of paper
.... early in the novel: "Early one morning as we were
beginning our day's play in the back yard, Jem and I heard something next
door in Miss Rachel Haverford's collard patch." (11). As the novel
progresses, Jem no longer plays with his sister Scout, but he is doing so
at this point and he would appear to anyone as one child playing with his
sister. Lastly, Jem has childhood fears like most any child does. All
children have their fears or monsters. In Jem's case it i rthur Radley,
commonly known as ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
