Friday, April 6, 2012

How and why does Jem's opinion of Mrs. Dubose change?

This happens in Chapter
11.


At the start of the chapter, Jem really hates Mrs.
Dubose.  She says such horrible things about Atticus that he cannot help but hate
her.


But then when he ruins her flowers, Atticus makes him
go and read to Mrs. Dubose every day.  He still does not really like her,
though.


Then she dies and Atticus says that she was a great
lady because of the way she fought her morphine addiction.  Because of this, Jem seems
to be rethinking his attitude towards her.


He doesn't
exactly come to like her, but at the end of the chapter he's toying with the flower she
gave him and thinking.  It's implied that he's thinking about
her.

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