Maturation of Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee Ess

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and Scout change tremendously. They do not change physically, but rather mentally. Their maturation bathroom be seen as the novel progresses and by the end of the story they seem to be two completely different people. As the novel goes on, the reader tush see that Jem and Scout mature even when the rest of the town does not.In objet dart one, Jem and Scout are terrified of Boo Radley because of stories they have heard. They have never actually seen or talked to him and yet they are still children and believe most of the things they hear. The stories about Boo eating cats and squirrels are enough to scare them out of their shoes. The children bonk to play the game they made called Boo Radley which always ends with someone getting stabbed in the leg, just as Boo Radley stabbed his fathers leg. In part two on the other hand, Jem and Scout stop playing their game and stop telling the stories because it no longer entertains or scares them. If they had not matured, these games and stories would still excite them. Because they have matured however,...