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.
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.
“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.
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.
Atticus also tells them to stop playing their stupid game, and Jem says they weren't making fun of Boo, inadvertently revealing to Atticus that they were in fact playing at being the Radleys. Jem eventually realizes he's been fooled by the oldest lawyer's trick in the book.
"My sister ain't dirty and I ain't scared of you." - Jem Finch, 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. 4. "Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't."
ArthurIn the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley (whose first name is actually Arthur) doesn't leave his house or talk to anyone, which leads the children in the novel's setting (Maycomb, Alabama) to wildly speculate about what he looks and acts like.
Scout's planning to visit Jem, her brother who stayed in Maycomb to help his father before he died of bone cancer. He never left; he lives in the same house when he and his sister were growing up. Without a doubt Jem followed in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer. He's also married living a prodigious life.
“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.
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.
His belief that you cannot convict a man on little evidence other than the colour of his skin, suggests he is already aware of the unfairness of Tom's trial and wants to grow up to be a man like Atticus who will battle against such prejudice.
Why is it important to Jem to go back and get his pants before morning, even though the mission is dangerous? He does not want Atticus to find out what he, Scout, and Dill were up to. More importantly, he does not want to lose his father's respect. He tells Scout, "Atticus ain't ever whipped me since I can remember.
This refers to the idea of children wanting to be like their parents. In that age, children were so influenced by their parents, they had do to obey, help and give gratitude to them. This speech said by Jem mocks the relationship between him and Atticus, as he is joking but one day, he may become a lawyer just like his father.
Atticus is the main male influence on Jem so of course he looks up to him as a role model, and may want to follow his fathers practice, not unlike a lot of people in the age.
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 ...
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.
On the way, Mrs. Dubose yells to Jem that he broke Miss Maudie's grape arbor that morning, which is untrue, and yells at Scout for wearing overalls. Then she starts yelling at them about how Atticus is defending "niggers," and says ...
In Chapter 11, what does Jem do and why? As Scout and Jem are returning home from town one day Jim does something to the shock and astonishment of scout. On their way to meet Atticus after work, Scout and Jem have to pass by Mrs. Dubose's house. Mrs.
On their way to meet Atticus after work, Scout and Jem have to pass by Mrs. Dubose's house. Mrs. Dubose is a very mean, sick old lady who sits on her front porch and yells insults at Jem and Scout as they pass by. The day after Jem's twelfth birthday, he and Scout go to town to spend some of his birthday money.
He yells this because he is angry at Atticus for refusing to allow them to send the letter to Boo. Also Atticus uses his lawyer tricks to make Jem admit it.
Jem was so upset, because he felt bad for Boo. he thinks that the knot was his only way to communicate with the outside world.
Atticus sees that both the mob and jury, are made up of reasonable men who lost their minds when in a group. He thinks that "the facts of life" always cause the white man to be chosen over the black man"
Mayella is afraid of Atticus, because she think that he is trying to mock and intimidate her. he thinks that he is mocking her, because he asks her questions like if she has any friends (Which she does not).
The world of Jem and Scout is different from the world of Maycomb because the world of Maycomb is very traditional and unchanging. However the world of Jem and Scout is young and more open to change. This is because in Maycomb, people seem to marry the same families, repeat the same lives, and even look the same, but in the world of Jem and Scout, they are different and willing.
The fact that Scout is the narrator helps us understand Jem's point of view because she knows and explains what he is thinking, because she knows him so well although we are not sure.
She believes that Miss Caroline will automatically understand that he is poor. That is because Maycomb associates the Cunninghams with poor and with no money.