how are jem and atticus alike?
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Lesson Summary Jem is becoming more and more like Atticus each day. He wants to study law, he has a strong sense of right and wrong, and he has a mind of his own. Jem, like Atticus, can stand up for what he believes in without shame or the need to back down. Jem has a strong sense of humanity.
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Jem is growing up. He is trying to make sense of the things that he sees happening and tries to be like Atticus. He wants to put behind his childish games and activities. Consequently, he is moody sometimes and occasionally seems to have authority over Scout.
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What is the relationship between the narrator (identified later as Scout of Jean Louise) and her brother Jem and their father? Scout and Jem's relationship was very close, as they got along well and were great friends. Atticus and Scout's relationship was very different, however.
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It is significant that Jem and Scout attend church with Calpurnia. Clearly, the community can see that Atticus has taught his children not to judge based on skin color. Indeed, Jem and Scout are willing to go to church with Calpurnia. This was during a time when blacks and whites were kept separated.
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Jem believes that he knows more than Scout and attempts to treat her like she is inferior. ... Overall, Jem treats Scout better and exercises sympathy towards his younger sister the more he matures. Jem's compassion towards Scout reflects his maturity and moral development as a young man.
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What is the difference between the way Atticus defines family and the way Alexandra does? ... She wants to keep the family name clean, while Atticus is a good man who does good things and doesn't care what people think about him.
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Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County, Alabama, and the father of Jeremy "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Lee based the character on her own father, Amasa Coleman Lee, an Alabama lawyer, who, like Atticus, represented black defendants in a highly publicized criminal trial.
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During the course of the novel both Scout and Jem changed. Scout and her brother Jem are exposed to many changes and events that eventually lead to them changing the way they perceive those around them and how life is in general. At the start of the novel Jem and Scout's relationship together is unbelievably strong.
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As Atticus tells Jem and Scout, a mockingbird does no harm and makes music for people to enjoy. Tom Robinson is like a symbolic mockingbird because of his innocence; he has not harmed anyone and is an admirable character who offers help to others. Because Tom is not guilty, it makes it "sinful" to harm him.
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Mrs. Dubose says that a "lovelier lady than the [children's] mother never lived." And she comments that it is a shame the way Atticus lets the kids carry on in such a wild fashion now that their mother is gone. The book also states that Jem was "livid" about what she had said.
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Jean Louise “Scout” Finch lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb. She is intelligent and, by the standards of her time and place, a tomboy. Scout has a combative streak and a basic faith in the goodness of the people in her community.
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Atticus, Jem and Scout are most certainly white, but they represent the individuals closest to the boundary between the black and white communities in Maycomb (except perhaps Dolphus Raymond). Atticus is content to defend any man against injustice and accepts his cases on need and merit, not colour.
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Most importantly, Jem protects his sister against an attack from Bob Ewell and may have been killed if Boo Radley had not intervened. So I would describe Jem as a young mockingbird about ready to leave the nest when the novel ends.
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Aunt Rachel says your name's Jeremy Atticus Finch.” So Jem is tall enough to be bigger than Dill, which doesn't appear to be too difficult since he is Scout's age and short, and has long hair. We learn later that it is brown. ... He even shows Scout hair on his chest and under his arms.
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In Chapter 8, (To Kill a Mockingbird), why do Jem and Scout make the snowman as a replica of Mr....
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What does Scout wish were different about Atticus? He had something to make him stand out; a hobby wishes he was younger.
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Scout and Jem find out that Atticus was known as “One-Shot Finch.” Their respect for him is increased tremendously. That kind of response from Atticus makes Jem and Scout very proud of their dad. They gain a new respect for him as the novel closes. Both Jem and Scout realize what a great man Atticus is.