Adam Catallo-Stooks
O’Dell/Stein
English 9 Regents
2 June 2011
If I were to ask myself “Who am I” the character most like me is Jem in the novel to kill A Mocking Bird. The reason I have chose him as a character like me because we both show responsibility, we care about our family member as in watching out for each other. The one most thing we have in common is we are both hard working at what we do to make sure of what we do is right to do. Some character traits that I and Jem have is responsibility, respect and caring. One way how me and Jem show responsibility is that we have young sisters and when they feel like there is danger we protect our siblings. In another words they may not know what’s there so Jem and I are always being on our toes to be on the lookout. Respect is one of the biggest things that Jem and I have in common. Jem shows his respect to scout as a sister when there is a problem like getting into trouble and fooling around and getting into fights. Another way He shows respect is when he supports Atticus during the court decision. I show respect to my sister because when my sister causes trouble or does not do something right I show my respect by telling her I next time I wouldn’t do that next time or don’t be that person. Another way I show respect is by helping my mom with things she needs help with like mowing along with other things. These are ways me and Jem show respect.
If I were to think how I would want people to describe me in a piece of literature, I would want them to describe me as a a nice, knowing, caring and hard working. I say
time where a person has never done something wrong, through the novel innocence is experienced. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, symbolism plays an important role. There is one symbol that Harper Lee incorporated into the novel and that helps develop ideas by Scout and Jem; a mockingbird. In my life I have gone through many situations where I have been innocent and it has moved on to experience. Multiple characters in this novel are innocent but their innocence is destroyed by evil. The mockingbird…
Unlike the jaded Mr. Raymond, Jem is not without hope: Atticus tells Scout that Jem simply needs time to process what he has learned. The strong presence of Atticus in Jem’s life seems to promise that he will recover his equilibrium. Later in his life, Jem is able to see that Boo Radley’s unexpected aid indicates there is good in people. Even before the end of the novel, Jem shows signs of having learned a positive lesson from the trial; for instance, at the beginning of Chapter 25, he refuses to…
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, three children, Scout and Jem Finch, and Dill Harris, are growing up and becoming mature in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer and is facing a really hard trial that ends up affecting all three of the children. There are also two neighbors, the Radleys and Mrs. Dubose effect Jem and Scout in very distinct ways. When the Radleys are first mentioned, they are made out to be evil…
of the novel? Lee explores the theme of bravery in section 1 between several people, Scout, Jem, Atticus, Mrs Dubose and other people in Maycomb. There is different kinds of bravery throughout the novel it goes from being an immature bravery and slowly becomes a mature bravery. When Scout, Jem and Dill are younger their bravery is very different to what an adult’s view of bravery would be. But Jem slowly matures from the start of the novel, at the start of the novel Scout said that Jem had "never…
exists. Jem experienced this when his innocence was built around him like a cocoon and then shattered at the trial when Bob Ewell wasn’t found guilty. Harper Lee’s novel is about how in the 1930’s, the racist communities cause these traumatic events to occur which can drastically change one’s life. Jem’s experiences as a child is used to show that major events in one’s life can cause their perspective to change which may lead to a loss of their innocence. In the beginning of the novel, Jem is portrayed…
One can learn many lessons from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The theme revolving around the mockingbird represents innocence and how it is wrong to destroy it. The characters of Jem, Atticus, and Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley demonstrate courage in situations that would be easy to shy away from. Many of the characters in this novel grow up in some way, whether it is learning or accepting something new. Three essential themes in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird are innocence (the meaning of…
The Great Father Figure that is Atticus Finch Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, a small district in the state of Alabama. It takes place in the time period of the early 1930’s a time remembered by many as the start of the Great Depression. It is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch; she lives with her older brother Jeremy “Jem” Finch and her father Atticus Finch. In the novel Atticus is a lawyer representing a Negro man named Tom Robinson…
the novel’s narrative elements in your response. Harper Lee is an American author of the novel called ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ set in the quite town of 1930s Maycomb and published in 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird deserves its tittle as an American classic novel. This will be proven through an exploration of the novel’s themes: loss of innocent, prejudice, moral education and courage. The Pulitzer prize- winning novel deserves its title as a classic of American literature. This essay will reinforce the…
Throughout the novel there are numerous innocent characters that are considered as mockingbirds. The characters; Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Jeremy ‘Jem’ Finch are all innocent because Mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for us to enjoy. One can see by examining Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Jem Finch, that Harper Lee examines the necessity of protecting vulnerable members of society in To Kill a Mockingbird. The first person that shows innocence in the novel is Tom Robinson…
Course Work Relationships change between a vast amount people in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. However, the most dramatic change is between Jem and Scout Finch. The sibling’s life takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s, when racism and segregation were prolific issues. The reader is reminded of the children’s innocence, which is portrayed through their growing relationship throughout the novel. Jem and Scout’s relationship is strengthened as they encounter many trials and tribulations…
