Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee - 1665 Words

Children mature and grow up at different stages of their life for different reasons. The children may mature through tragic moments in their life or just through time passing. Jem and Scout are two characters in â€Å"To Kill a Mockingbird† that have matured throughout the whole novel. These two characters went through a crucial trial and had stereotyping, racism, loss and big learning moments. Jem and Scout were just like any other child but were in stages of maturing and growing up. Children including Jem and Scout mature through the influences of family, how they deal with loss and a rude awakening to the cruel unfair justice of the world. â€Å"To Kill a Mockingbird† connects with how children mature and grow up with their family because what†¦show more content†¦I’ll not have you around him, picking up his habits and learning lord-knows-what†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Lee 301). These thoughts provided by Aunt Alexandra are negative and children like Jem and Scout for instance could think this is the right way to think and grow up the same way; stereotyping. In â€Å"To Kill a Mockingbird† Scout becomes more mature through the story while watching Jem grow-up as he realizes how cruel people can be. It takes an adult-like event, like the Tom Robinson trial to make a child realize how harsh life really can be. Scout looks up to Jem and every time he becomes upset, it gets Scout a little upset too. While the Tom Robinson case is occurring, Jem gets upset because he realizes that Tom is not being treated equally, knowing Tom should not have even been accused of raping Mayella Ewell. At the end of the tri al Scout is being very observant well listening to the verdict â€Å"Guilty Guilty...I peeked at Jem his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each guilty was a separate stab between them† (Lee 282). This quote represents how aggravated and upset Jem was and Scout responded to this observation by trying to mature like Jem. After the Tom Robinson trial, Jem realizes that the people in Maycomb are unfair, and more importantly racist. Once Jem begins acting more mature, Scout takes