Jem

Question 1

scout and jems relationship

Answer 1

• jem is very important to scout - shown through scouts first person narrator
• spend lots of time together
• the first and last lines of the novel are about jem

Question 2

jems maturation and responsibility

Answer 2

• tells atticus when dill runs away from home which scout said was “breaking the remaining code of our childhood”
• strong moral compass like atticus
• understand that the court case should be in public and that the discrimination in Maycomb is wrong
• after tom robinsons court case he understands the importance of protecting the weak - stops scout from killing an insect

Question 3

jem not being responsible

Answer 3

• destroying Miss Dubose Camellias because she insulted atticus and their family but then he does later realise this is wrong and read to miss dubsose every night
• refuses to go home and keave atticus outside jail w lynch mob