Arthur's English Journal

Chap 22. The change in the kids characters

“It was Jem tern to cry”
This is the first line we get in chapter 22. I believe is very important to growth of both Jem and Scout. Firstly for Jem because of the obvious. His hopes and expectations have been crushed. Jem had a trust that the people of Macomb where good people and now he can see there not, this destroys him.

However this line also reflects on Scout and her personality. She could have said something as simple as Jem started to cry and we would have got the same picture. However the uses of “tern” shows that Scout feels they are now equal.

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    jnorth

    I really am pleased with your attention to detail – especially here.

    Is there another quotation that you could select that would help to show how the children have further shown their loss of innocence? How about Dill or a further description of Jem?

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React!