This line is one of many points in the novel where Jem indicates that he was sure that the jury would find Tom Robinson innocent. Jem is the only character convinced Tom would receive justice. Scout didn’t know what the jury would decide, while all of the adults, including Atticus, knew that the jury would find Tom guilty.
When I joined them, as usual they said go away. "Will not. This yard's as much mine as it is yours, Jem Finch. I got just as much right to play in it as you have." do what we tell you," Dill warned. "We-ll," I said, "who's so high and mighty all of a sudden?" you anything," Dill continued. "You act like you grew ten inches in the night!
Explain this quote made by Jem in chapter 22 of To Kill a Mockingbird."It's all right to talk like that-- can't any Christian judges an' lawyers make up for heathen juries?... Soon's I get grown--"
My nagging got the better of Jem eventually, as I knew it would, and to my relief we slowed down the game for a while.
“I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain't so sure now!” To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 5. Jem shouts this when he knows Atticus can't hear him. He is angry that Atticus got him to admit his guilt about making fun of Boo Radley by using a lawyer's tricks.
I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain't so sure now! Jem shouts this line after he is sure that Atticus won't be able to hear him. He is mad that Atticus got him to admit guilt using a lawyer's trickery.
Jem doesn't want to be a lawyer anymore because Atticus questioned him and he fell in his trick. Therefore, he got mad and told him he no longer wanted to be a lawyer.
Jem also wants to become a lawyer. His father asks, "You want to be a lawyer don't you"(Lee 83). This quote shows that Jem wanted to be a lawyer and this fits with the diamond because lawyers need a sharp mind to be able to figure out how to win. Lawyers also try to leave no loose ends, and circles have no ends.
Why does Jem declare at the end of the chapter, "I thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but I ain't so sure now"? He was willing to risk his life in order to retrieve his pants, because he knew that in the morning, Mr. Radley would find them.
What evidence indicates that he is growing up and changing? Jem no longer wants to play the usual games with Scout. He corrects her behavior, and he spends time in his room or reading. "He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody." He eats a lot more than he used to eat.
What does the rest of the chapter reveal about the source of Jem's moodiness? Jem remained traumatized over his experience of recovering his pants from the Radley place.
“There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.” “How could they do it, how could they?” “I don't know, but they did it.
Jem insists that Atticus will win the trial. He is naĂŻve and believes that the evidence will set Tom free, but doesn't understand that whites will not acquit a black. The evidence doesn't matter.
There's a time-honored tradition of making fun of lawyers as not quite human (even Shakespeare got in on that fun). By reminding us that lawyers were children, too, Lamb (and Lee) is telling us that lawyers—like Boo, and like Tom Robinson—are human, just like the rest of us.
Even tempered. Matures as the novel progresses. Wants to be a lawyer like Atticus.
Harper Lee never provides a full physical description of Jem Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird but readers receive enough hints throughout the story to know that Jem is a slim active boy who is not very tall and has straight brown hair and light skin. He tends to blush when he is angry.
In this moment Jem recognizes a lesson that Atticus hoped to teach him. Jem realizes that there is value and meaning in fighting for something good even if losing the fight is inevitable.
Jem shouts this line after he is sure that Atticus won’t be able to hear him. He is mad that Atticus got him to admit guilt using a lawyer’s trickery. While Jem’s grudging acceptance that Atticus got the best of him is funny, the line also foreshadows Jem’s development over the course of the novel. Jem will ultimately realize ...