Friday, October 4, 2019
22/23 "How is Jem maturing physically and emotionally in these chapters?" (Keira)
In chapters 23 and 24 we see Jem maturing physically and emotionally. In chapter 24 we can see how Jem is maturing physically, Atticus unbutton his shirt and shows jem how he has hair on his chest, this is showing how Jem is becoming more mature and turning into a young adult. He is also maturing emotionally, he is beginning to see how much racism affects Maycomb county and surrounding towns and states. After the trail, its hit Jem that life is not fair and things almost never go your way, he instantly beginnings crying, “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made out way through the cheerful crowd” (Lee 242). Jem always makes fun of Scout for crying but because Scout knows how Jem feels neither of them say anything about Jem of crying.
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While I agree with you that Jem is definitely maturing physically, some of his childishness still shows in the way he reacts to the trial. He still believes that the jury would be fair, as he cries after the result of the trial. He mutters, “it ain’t right” (Lee 212), and while it isn’t, the adults all knew that it would come out this way. Jem is not yet emotionally mature because he still believes that the jury would not be racist and would be fair.
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