... them rethink their previous conceptions on life. Many examples of this can be found in a classic novel, by Harper Lee, where one character develops significantly through education. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, after learning that the people of Maycomb are not who he thinks they are, Jem develops by learning not ... removed from the court. Jem develops by learning the important life lesson that one cannot trust everyone to do what one would like them to do, or more importantly, what is morally right. In another quote, Jem asked "Atticus...why don't people like us and...

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... it." (pg 33) This is the advice Atticus gives Scout. How does she put his advice into practice during the novel? In "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout, the narrator, tells the story from her point of view of herself as a young child. At many times she finds it difficult ... matures and gets distant from Scout. She had tried "to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him". This quote shows that Scout respect for both her father and brother. The fact that she decides not to bother Jem proves her respect and maturity. "Jem was ... twelve. He was di...

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... To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, portrays a man, Atticus Finch, who is good and virtuous in nearly every aspect of his life. In the wrapped up lives of the his family, Atticus, father of Jem and Scout, raises his children unlike the average parent. Rather than leading by direction, and simply telling his children how to ... the importance of equality. "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win". (9.76) What Atticus is trying to tell Jem and Scout is that even though the negroes were enslaved and disrespected a hundred year...

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