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To Kill A Mockingbird Jem Courageous Analysis

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In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Jem tries to do what is right and demonstrates that Jem is very courageous. Jem does many things to show that he is courageous. Jem loses his pants on the Radley’s fence and he tells Scout “I’m goin’ after ‘em”(Lee,56). Jem feels that it is right for him to get his pants back before Atticus realizes what he, Scout, and Dill tried to do. Earlier when Scout finished her first day and fears that school will always be just as bad as the first and “Jem assured [her] that the older [she] got the better school would be”(Lee,...). Jem showed courage because telling Scout that school was always be bad he did the right thing and told her what she needed to hear. Later in summer Jem and Dill want to talk to Boo

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