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	SparkNotes: To Kill a Mockingbird: Character List
		As the novel progresses, this faith is tested by the hatred and prejudice that emerge during Tom Robinson’s trial.
		Jem moves into adolescence during the story, and his ideals are shaken badly by the evil and injustice that he perceives during the trial of Tom Robinson.
		Tom is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds,” an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/mocking/characters.html (859 words)

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		Jem begins to understand this lesson toward the end of the book when he wonders whether family status could be based more on education than on bloodlines.
		Jem shows bravery when the children intervene on behalf of Atticus and Jem refuses to leave his father's side during the showdown with farmers at the jailhouse.
		The novel approaches this question by dramatizing Scout and Jem’s transition from a perspective of childhood innocence, in which they assume that people are good because they have never seen evil, to a more adult perspective, in which they have confronted evil and must incorporate it into their understanding of the world.
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	Kill Mockingbird essays - To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem
		Throughout the novel, Jem, the brother of Scout, is trying to comprehend in his own mind the darker aspects of human nature.
		Jem attacks the azaleas, hinting that metaphorically, he is in combat against racism.
		In the case of Tom Robinson, whom Jem's father (Atticus) is defending, fairness is a boon that is not to be granted.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=15926 (916 words)

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		Welsh singer/songwriter/producer Jem was chosen to pen a track for the closing theme to the new Hollywood blockbuster, Eragon.
		Through 2006, Jem has been busy working on her new album, the highly anticipated follow up to Finally Woken, which is due for release in 2007.
		Jem is also working with producer Lester Mendez, acclaimed for his recent work with Nelly Furtado and Shakira.
	www.jem-music.net (346 words)

	GradeSaver: To Kill a Mockingbird - Study Guide
		Scout describes as her father as entirely "satisfactory," and her family's fl cook, Calpurnia, as strict and "tyrannical." Scout and Jem's mother died of a heart attack when Scout was two and she has no memories of her.
		At recess, Jem listens to Scout's complaints and tries to reassure her, explaining that Miss Caroline is introducing a new teaching technique which he calls the Dewey Decimal System.
		Jem says that he didn't say they were doing that, and thus inadvertently admits that they were doing just that.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/killmockingbird/section2.html (5090 words)

	To Kill a Mockingbird
		At the end of the novel Scout summarizes the events Arthur has witnessed (and in which he has sometimes taken part), leading up to his emerging from confinement when the children's lives are in danger.
		Scout tells the reader a lot about Boo in the early part of the novel, but he disappears from the narrative for most of the middle and later chapters, which are concerned with the story of the trial and its sequel.
		In the novel, while we associate the mockingbird generally with weak and defenceless people, there are two characters who are more explicitly likened to the bird.
	www.universalteacher.org.uk /gcse/mockingbird.htm (9004 words)

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		Although Jem, being a child at the beginning of the novel, is immature and unaware of the society in which he lives, he matures mentally to the point where he sees the evil in society and gains a knowledge of death.
		Jem's awareness of the society in which he lives can first be noted when his father accepts the case of a fl man and others begin to talk of him rather rudely: " Have they been at it?" I (Scout) asked.
		Jem grows so angry and frustrated with the justice system and society in general that he becomes overwhelmed at this moment and begins to cry bitterly.
	www.textfiles.com /reports/ACE/thesis.txt (927 words)

	JEM Engineering
		JEM is specifically researching materials, designs and fabrication processes needed to develop antenna covers referred to as radomes (a domelike shell transparent to RF radiation used to house a radar antenna) that can survive small-arms fire and shrapnel impact.
		JEM specifically researched the application of a novel, patented technology for electronic beam steering, which was invented by JEM's chief engineer.
		JEM is utilizing antenna design and modeling tools to accomplish this work, particularly with JEM's unique capabilities in genetic algorithm optimization of antennas.
	www.jemengineering.com /ourexperience.php (572 words)

	Mainely Middle Table of Contents, 2000/2001 Issue
		It was after many readings of the novel that I began to realize that To Kill a Mockingbird is more than a great novel: it provides a metaphor for the middle school experience that parallels the developmental stages of young adolescents.
		Jem does not cry because he will get no more treasures; he cries when he sees the cruelty of one adult to another, and he feels compassion for the man he used to mock and fear as the malevolent phantom.
		In Part II of the novel Jem must confront the issue of tolerance in society as he witnesses many of his friends and neighbors in the grips of prejudice against a fl man who has been falsely accused of raping a white woman.
	www.mamleonline.org /Journal00/27nevens.html (1169 words)

	Free Essays on To Kill A Mockingbird - Overview
		When one considers the theme of honor that runs throughout Miss Lee's novel, it is perhaps significant to note that her family is related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a man especially noted for his devotion to that virtue.
		Jem also realizes that the man was very considerate to sew his pants.
		Jem is afraid to return the blanket; he is afraid of what Nathan may do to Boo.
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	MUNGIAKO: To Kill a Mockingbird - PT1.Chapter 1
		Jem does so, sprinting back hastily; there is no sign of movement at the Radley Place, although Scout thinks that she sees a shutter move slightly, as if someone were peeking out.
		But at this stage of the novel, the family history is treated as background information, of secondary importance to the private world of the young Finch children.
		Jem and Scout are the center of the story, filling it with their world of imagination and superstition, centered on town myths such as the curious history of Boo Radley and imaginative diversions such as acting out stories from books.
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	Books \| Down and out in Dublin
		Noel Boyle is one of life's losers, a former small-time IRA man who has served eight years in prison and is now attempting to take control of his destiny in a world that has moved on without him.
		It might be argued that the breakdown of the novel's narrative drive - the obsessive circling of one scene of degradation after another as the plot stalls - constitutes an appropriate reflection of the characters' lives and minds.
		Jem Poster's novel Courting Shadows is published by Sceptre.
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		At school Jem and Scout are often bothered about their father defending this fl man. Throughout the novel, the trial comes back to haunt the Finch family, mainly the two children.
		Jem and Scout lived with their dad, whom they called Atticus, and their servant, Cal. The kids' greatest fear was their next door neighbor, Boo Radley.
		Scout and Jem suddenly realize how brave their father is. They realize that he is risking his life by standing up for what he believes in, and they admire him more than ever.
	www.nisk.k12.ny.us /larow/classics98/to_kill_a_mockingbird.html (6397 words)

	Educational Paperback Association
		Jem, that damn lady says Atticus's been teaching me to read and for him to stop it." Furthermore, Callie's oldest sister, Sook, is described by Moates as a "childlike woman who probably suffered from agoraphobia, an abnormal fear of being in public places" and who became a recluse hiding in the house's shadows.
		In Lee's novel, Jem describes the creature he has never seen: "Boo was about six- and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained--if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off.
		Jem and Scout learn a great deal from the people and events around them during the three years of the story; in particular, they learn to replace fear and ignorance with security and knowledge, asserts Schuster.
	www.edupaperback.org /showauth.cfm?authid=98 (2256 words)

	Book Review
		Jem and Scout are subjected to abuse from other children because of Atticus’ decision.
		When Calpurnia takes the children to her church, the congregants are warm and welcoming to the children, showing that they can be welcoming to all people and that the congregants look beyond skin color when judging a person.
		Students reading this novel learn that despite skin color, people can be very welcoming, and when people are racist then there can be unfair circumstances, and innocent people get hurt.
	www.msu.edu /~bloombe5/cep240page1.htm (1242 words)

	4 Free Essays
		When one considers the theme of honor that runs throughout Miss Lee's novel, it is perhaps significant to note that her family is related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a man especially noted for his devotion to that virtue.
		Jem also realizes that the man was very considerate to sew his pants.
		Jem is afraid to return the blanket; he is afraid of what Nathan may do to Boo.
	www.4freeessays.com /essays/80.shtml (4861 words)

	PlanetPapers - How the ending of the novel manages to end or resolve the novel's key themes
		Throughout the novel Scout, Jem and Dill are preoccupied with one of Maycomb’s “monsters”, Boo Radley.
		However, at the end of the novel, Scout finally acts the part of the hospitable Southern lady in assisting Boo around the house and seeing him home; she interacts with him in a serious and grown-up fashion.
		Though she runs to tell Jem when she first discovers Boo is in their house, she reacts against this childish reflex and gives Boo his privacy very tactfully.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2923.php (699 words)

	NovelGuide: To Kill A Mockingbird: Novel Summary: Chapters 1-2
		Chapter 1: To Kill a Mockingbird begins, "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident.
		Jem and Scout spot Dill hiding in a collard patch and proceed to interrogate him.
		Dill prides himself on his ability to read and impresses Jem by revealing that his mother entered him in a beautiful baby contest, won five dollars, and gave the winnings to Dill who used the money to visit the picture shows 20 times.
	www.novelguide.com /tokillamockingbird/novelsummary.html (964 words)

	To Kill A Mocking Bird
		Jem is nine years old and is just beginning to show signs of maturing.
		Jem shows most of his courage by just believing that what his father was doing was the right thing to do.
		Jem continues to believe throughout the novel that Atticus will win because there was very little evidence to go against Tom, only the words of Mayella and Bob Ewell.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/10/bwa132.shtml (1265 words)

	Essay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By tradition, almost by definition, the essay is a short piece, and it is therefore impossible to give all things full play within the limits of a single essay.
		One working definition of the essay film is "documentary laced with self-portrait." Theoretical approaches to this genre can be found in the works of Michel Beaujour, Raymond Bellour, Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin.
		Other filmmakers who have been active in the essay film are Orson Welles, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Hartmut Bitomski, Alexander Kluge, Jem Cohen, Jean-Luc Godard and Robert Kramer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Essay (1252 words)

	Writing an Approach Paper
		Several times this school year, you will be asked to write an "approach paper" concerning novels read in class.
		What do Jem and Scout finally understand about their father: what he stands for in their own lives and in the lives of many of the townspeople?
		One of the main themes of the novel is understanding and accepting people different from oneself.
	www.studyguide.org /approachpaper.htm (849 words)

	»»Print Reviews««
		In this sense, the novel is horribly dated, obviously a product of a time before we'd seen just how evil socialism would turn out and the degree to which right and wrong would cease to be distinguishable to the practitioners of the anti-materialist ethos.
		This novel is about the trials and tribulations of a woman who is being divorced by her ex-husband.
		This novel comes closest to repetitive Danielle Steel novels, since much of "A Woman's Place" is taken up by Claire doing nothing but endlessly and incessantly complaining about her lot in life instead of pro-actively doing something about it.
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	NovelGuide: To Kill A Mockingbird: Novel Summary: Chapters 11-12
		Dubose snaps at Jem and Scout from her seat on the front porch as they pass.
		Dubose dies and Atticus reveals to Jem why he made Jem read to her in the first place.
		Jem and Scout find the services quite similar to those of their own church with the exception of one thing, "linin'." To sing the hymns, the people, most of whom cannot read, "line" the words by repeating them after one person first reads them.
	www.novelguide.com /tokillamockingbird/summaries/chap11-12.html (562 words)

	Essays.cc - Nelle Harper Lee
		When one considers the theme of honor that runs throughout Miss Lee's novel, it is perhaps significant to note that her family is related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a man especially noted for his devotion to that virtue.
		Jem also realizes that the man was very considerate to sew his pants.
		Jem is afraid to return the blanket; he is afraid of what Nathan may do to Boo.
	www.essays.cc /free_essays/d3/aym4.shtml (5047 words)

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		Jem inferred that Atticus was trying to state that the power holder must not abuse their power and make the innocent suffer.
		Through Atticus’ careful nurturing, Jem proves to persist through all his difficulties of facing his changing into adulthood and the evils of the world at the same time.
		Atticus assists Jem to endure throughout the harsh experiences, in spite of Jem’s imbalance and unsteadiness.
	www.angelfire.com /mac2/tkamb/att_and_jem.html (585 words)

	Fiction Literature Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The novel's portrayal of the emptiness, brutality and meanness of the "Jazz Age" has made it one of the most famous English language books of the 20th century.
		This novel is considered a classic by many and clearly one of the most popular books of all time - in large part because it was groundbreaking and controversial in its day.
		This time around I discovered that the book was basically written to be a play in novel form, and I enjoyed reading it that way--the scenes are clearly structured and revolve around the interactions of only a few characters at a time, usually in a single location that could easily be reproduced on stage.
	www.e-book-store.com /Fiction_Literature (8127 words)

	Books \| School for scandal
		At the heart of this complex, intelligent novel stands Christopher Hughes, a charismatic figure whose gifts propel him rapidly, after a stint in the army, to the headship of a prominent West Country public school.
		The faceted narrative reflects its protagonist from a variety of angles, building up a composite picture of a man whose public face and private life are hopelessly at odds with one another.
		In a work which simultaneously conforms to the broad contours of classical tragedy and evokes recent events in British politics, Fishwick invites compassion for his protagonist as well as for those whose lives have been blighted by his actions.
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		Another contrast between the film and novel is at the start of the novel Scout is telling the readers about Jem breaking his arm.
		Since the film did not say anything about Jem's arm, the watcher of the film would think that the novel and film is based on the trial.
		The third contrast of the novel and film "To Kill A Mockingbird" is in the novel Miss Maudie explains to Jem and Scout that their dad is one of greatest checker players around.
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	To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - A Homework Online Study Guide
		Jem, like Scout, is learning a code of conduct from Atticus throughout the book.
		This guidance is what causes Jem to be the moody young man he is throughout parts of the book.
		Jem has grown both physically and emotionally throughout the novel and is close to being a grown man.
	www.homework-online.com /tkamb/character_jem.asp (196 words)

	To Kill a Mockingbird Essays
		In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem, a ten-year-old boy, and Scout, a six-year-old girl, two children who live in the southern town Maycomb, Alabama, are shown in their adventures that help them mature.
		Jem and Scout gain much insight into the workings of the society in which they live through Tom Robinson's trial, and ultimately shed their childhood innocence at that point.
		As Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story of racism, bigotry, and hate, one can draw a connection between the 1930s story and the events of the present day, particularly since September 11, 2001.
	www.bookrags.com /essay/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird (4588 words)

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