This predicament was a hard time for the whole Finch family, but it hit Jem the hardest. He was extremely upset at the injustice of the trial, realizing how harsh the world can be and how little sense the world makes. Jem has a discussion with Atticus about how the case ended up and why Tom Robinson’s charge was so heavy (219). Atticus basically says that the reason why the charge of Tom Robinson was death is because he is black (219). This discussion brings to Jem a yearning for justice, making him into a more reasonable, thoughtful man. Those traits are shown when talking to Scout later in the chapter, when he said “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 there why to despise each other?”(227). This shows how much Jem is maturing, seeing that their can’t be just one kind of person, that some people aren’t seen the same as others. The way that Jem sees this situation not only has as an act of injustice but discovers by himself why this happens proves how much he has changed from the child he was at the beginning of the
This predicament was a hard time for the whole Finch family, but it hit Jem the hardest. He was extremely upset at the injustice of the trial, realizing how harsh the world can be and how little sense the world makes. Jem has a discussion with Atticus about how the case ended up and why Tom Robinson’s charge was so heavy (219). Atticus basically says that the reason why the charge of Tom Robinson was death is because he is black (219). This discussion brings to Jem a yearning for justice, making him into a more reasonable, thoughtful man. Those traits are shown when talking to Scout later in the chapter, when he said “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 there why to despise each other?”(227). This shows how much Jem is maturing, seeing that their can’t be just one kind of person, that some people aren’t seen the same as others. The way that Jem sees this situation not only has as an act of injustice but discovers by himself why this happens proves how much he has changed from the child he was at the beginning of the