Jeremy Atticus Finch Character Analysis Essay

In To Kill a Mockingbird, this person shows how they’ve entered adulthood with responsibilities given to them and deciding what’s best for their choices. The coming of age for Jeremy Atticus Finch was bravery throughout the novel. Jem, as an older brother of Scout, has to take actions of his own, to protect Scout, his little sister and he wants to be a role model to her. He shows bravery by not declining dares that are given to him, putting himself in risky situations to make things right, and standing up to his father. First of all, Jem touches the Radely house as a dare from Dill Harris. “Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.” “Jem stood in thought so long that Dill made a mild concession: “I won’t say you ran out on a date an’ I’ll swap you The Gray Ghost if you just go up and touch the house.” Jem brightened. “Touch the house, that all?”’ Jem never refuses a dare because he doesn’t want Scout and Dill to see that he is weak and scared to do something risky. He wants to prove to them that he is the greatest at any dare that is given to him and Jem shows bravery when accepting the dare

“He blew out his breath patiently.” “I—it’s like this, Scout,” he muttered. “Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way.”’ Jem did not want to explain to Atticus how he lost his pants, and so, he forced himself to go back to the Radely house and retrieve his breeches from the fence that it had gotten stuck in. From the warnings they’ve gotten from Nathan Radely, Jem was terrified to get his pants and he regretted trying to get a peak of Boo Radely. Even if Jem was scared to death, he did not want his father to look down on him because Jem knows that Atticus is already dealing with a lot of