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[...] Abandoning the fight to find other solutions to solve problems opened other possibilities to Scout, such as diplomacy and justice. Also, Scout is very masculine, not having a mother to teach her how a girl is supposed to behave. She has a lot of stereotypes regarding a "lady's attitude," but when her aunt learns about Robinson's death and is profoundly shocked, she still manages not to show others her tears and stayed strong and worthy, which showed Scout that being a lady is much more about strongness than anything else. [...]
[...] Moreover, he is annoyed by his sister's behaviour and wants her to start acting like a proper lady. However, Jem's bravery at the beginning is much more about physical strength that anything else, as Jem went to touch the Ridley's house (which was seen by the children as a death sentence) to show he was not scared. However, his father will teach him what "real courage" is about, and that courage is not always about physical strengths: wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand" (p. [...]
[...] This is why she is also described as a "tomboy," because she believes that a little fight can solve the problem, just as she goes after Cunningham to fight with him rather than call for help. This tendency is worrying Atticus, her father, who asked her to find another solution to resolve her problems. She really does respect her father, and obeyed him as this example of her leaving a fight without doing anything while thinking drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away" (p. [...]
[...] He will become much more mature, determined and "adult" by the time he turns 13. III. Conclusion Both characters had their own lesson to understand in order to evolve and mature throughout the novel. While Scout had to accept her feminine part, let go her tendency to fight to resolve her problems and realises that the world is much more different than what she can think, Jem will discover that bravery is much more than physical strengths and that others are not always choosing for the right decision. [...]
[...] To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (1960) - Character Analysis of Scout and Jem Character analysis Scout and Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird I. Jean Louise Finch "Scout" Jean Louise Finch, called "Scout," is one of the main characters of the novel and the narrator of it. Indeed, she is narrating the whole story as an adult, remembering what happened when she was between six-years-old and nine. Scout is a six-years-old "tomboy" girl, very intelligent for her young age, but obviously less mature than her older brother Jeremy "Jem" at the beginning of the story, which involves a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of rape because of his coloured skin. [...]
