Sunday, September 27, 2015

I need three quotes from Jem in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, please!

I like this quote from chapter 3 where Jem invites Walter
Cunningham home for lunch after Scout beats him up. It shows Jem's kind heart and his
maturing:



Jem
said, "Our daddy's a friend of your daddy's. Scout here, she's crazy-she won't fight
 you any more."



After the
trial and Tom is found guilty, Jem struggles to understand how the people of Maycomb
could have done such a terrible thing. This quote shows the pain Jem experiences as he
continues to mature and realize the adult world is not what he thought it
was:



"It's
like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is," he said. "Like somethin'
asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in
the world, least that's what they seemed
like."



He is talking to Scout
and Miss Maudie. This is from chapter 22.


In chapter 23,
there is another cool quote that Jem says when he is trying to comfort Scout and
convince her that Aunt Alexandra doesn't really hate her. They are trying to figure out
what she means about their family, how their family is different from the Cunninghams,
etc.:



"That's
what I thought, too," he said at last, "when I was your age. If there's just one kind of
folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go
out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand
something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the
house all this time . . . it's because he wants to stay
inside."



It shows that both
Scout and Jem are learning the hard lessons of life.

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