He gets into a number of mischiefs in Maycomb, including the time when Jem, Scout and Dill invades the Radley backyard to get a view of Boo Radley, but that is all part of growing up. ... He is influenced by Atticus so once in a while he would read the newspaper, showing that he wants to know what was going on in Maycomb- a sure sign on maturity. ... When Atticus hears that some of the men in Maycomb were planning to lynch Tom Robinson, he decides to go to the Maycomb jail and watch him. ... When Atticus left for the Maycomb jail, Jem dresses up so he could follow Atticus. ... Atticus knows th...

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jail anticipating this development. ...

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jail anticipating this development. ...

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Atticus's way of parenting is effective due to the fact that he does not see the prejudice between the negroes and the whites living in Maycomb. ... Jem uses what his father shows him when he comes face to face with death by the jail. Atticus tells Jem and Scout to go home one night while a group of men were surrounding Tom Robinson and Atticus outside of the jail. ... For all of these reasons Atticus's parenting is a very effective way to raise children, and it has the effects he desires when Jem shows courage at the jail, and Scout steps into Boo Radley's shoes....

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• Grade Level: High School