Jem Flashcards
What Jem does after he finds Dill under his bed (maturation)
“Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood…“Dill, I had to tell him, he said. “You can’t run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’.” “
Jem + Scout questioning Maycomb’s ideas about blood purity.
“Well if we came out durin’ the Old Testament it’s too long ago to matter.”
“That’s what I thought,” said Jem, “but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.”
Jem to Scout when she irritates him (insulting femininity)
“I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’”
Jem’s advice when she hears insults about Atticus (gentleman)
“Don’t pay any attention to her, just hold your head high and be a gentleman.”
Jem’s description of Boo at the beginning.
“Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: … he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch…”
Jem’s understanding of Boo’s seclusion
“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.”
Jem following his moral code and defying Atticus for the first time.
“Go home, I said.”
Jem shook his head. As Atticus’s fists went to his hips, so did Jem’s, and as they faced each other I could see little resemblance between them.”
Jem when hearing the court’s verdict.
“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.”
Jem’s pride and not wanting to anger Atticus.
“Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way.”
