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 * **The characterisation of Jem ** ||
 * Page no. || “Quote”  || Technique + effect  || What do we learn about the character  || Link to idea/theme ||
 * 2 || Jem was seldom self conscious about his injury || The reader now interprets Jem to be a very strong character. || Jem seems to be a tough and brave kid. || Strength and resilience ||
 * 15 || "Don't blame me when he (Boo Radley) gauges your eyes out" || This shows how naive Jem is and portrays his innocence as a child. || He is still a child who believes all the 'stories' that he hears. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Naivety and innocence. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">14 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">“Wonder what he does in there?” ‘Boo Radley’ || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Foreshadowing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">We learn that he is very curious about the unknown and that he is willing to face danger. We also learn about the spark that makes him want to know more about Boo Radley. Also how Naive he is to think that later down the road he will not expect serious consequences. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Naivety, innocence ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">25 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Jem said ‘“Our daddy is a friend of your daddy’s” Scout here she’s crazy – She won’t fight you anymore.”’ || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Using daddy to make it seem more child like || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">This interprets Jem to be a very kind character, but also that he holds some resentment to scout. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Kindness, innocence, ‘a grudge’ ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">20 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">'"Yeah Jem, but I don't wanta study cows, I -" 'Sure you do. You hafta know about cows, they're a big part of life in Maycomb county."' || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">The reader perceives him as being a country kid || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Jem is content with living in Maycomb county his whole life and does not seek anything more. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 7pt;">Naivety ||

Scout, unlike Jem or Dill, was trying to heed the warnings that Atticus had given them about leaving poor Boo Radley alone. He had given them a huge lecture about how they needed to stop The book doesn't indicate that Mr. Nathan Radley knows anything about //the kids// being in the garden-he fired a shot into the yard because he heard a noise, but didn't know it was them Mr. Nathan believes that he shot to scare off an African-American in his collard patch. Miss Stephanie says that Mr. Nathan claims that next time he won't aim high -- in other words, he won't shoot over the heads of any future intruders. When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill interjects that he won Jem' pants in a game of strip poker.
 * Chapter 6**
 * a.** **Why does Scout disapprove of Jem’s and Dill’s plan of looking in at one of the Radley’s windows?**
 * b.** **Why does Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden?**
 * c.** **Why does Miss Stephanie refer to a ‘negro’ over whose head Nathan has fired?**
 * d.** **Why does Dill’s explanation of Jem’s state of dress almost land him in trouble?**

He tells her that his pants were folded and left hanging over the fence, and that someone had tried to mend them. Not like a womans job of mending, but a mans job. Like uneven stitching that at least closed the hole in them Yes, because at one point Jem says, "Maybe Boo doesn't say inside because he has to, maybe he stays inside because he //wants// to." Jem begins to understand that the society does not accept Boo as a "normal" being, which Scout has not quite realized yet. No Jem does not fear the gifts that actually are pretty interested in them and are always surprised with the next gifts they find When the kids go to leave a note, the hole in the tree has been filled with cement.
 * Chapter 7**
 * a.** **When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strange. What is this?**
 * b.** **Can you find evidence that Jem is beginning to understand more than Scout about Boo Radley? What do you think this is?**
 * c.** **Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer.**
 * d.** **When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. How does this happen? Who does it, and why?**

Atticus essentially tells her nothing. All he says is that he did not see Boo. He does also tell them that Mrs. Radley has died of natural causes. But he says this before Scout asks him anything. Jem and Scout make a very unflattering snowman of Mr. Avery which Atticus calls a "near libel." They both think it is funny. I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie's heavy oak rocking-chair, and thought it most sensible of him to save what she valued most. When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, Jem realises that it was infact Boo Radley that had put the blanket around her shoulders to keep her warm while watching the blazing fire at Miss Maudies, and that if they hadn't been so engrossed in the fire, they would have seen Boo. Atticus is trying to tell Jem not to get his hopes up and not to get into any more trouble. Jem might now do as Atticus says as he respects how he is always correct. 
 * Chapter 8**
 * a.** **Why does Scout quiz Atticus about his visit to the Radley house? How much does he tell her?**
 * b.** **What is the ‘near libel’ which Jem puts in the front yard? How do Miss Maudie and Atticus react to it?**
 * c.** **Why does Atticus save Miss Maudie’s oak rocking chair?**
 * d.** **When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realiese?**
 * e.** **Explain what Atticus means by telling Jem not to let his discovery inspire him to further glory? Is there any reason why Jem might now do as his father says?**

|| - physical description - behaviour and personality - body language and facial expression habits || Example: ‘
 * Characterisation techniques || Examples from the passage and what they reveal about the characters ||
 * ** Direct characterisation **
 * The writer directly **describes** the character

Reveals: || ||
 * ** Indirect Characterisation **
 * The character is revealed through his or her own **actions.** || ** Example: ** ‘Jem yelled after him: ‘I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now!’


 * Reveals: ** Jem yelling, reveals his opinions of Atticus and how he loses his temper. ||
 * The character’s **internal thoughts** or philosophical outlook are revealed. || ** Example: ** ‘Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo; Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats that he could catch, so that’s why his hands were blood-stained.’


 * Reveals: ** The neighbourhood especially Jem is very uneducated about the circumstances surrounding Boo Radley so they make up rumours to explain him ||
 * The writer reveals what **other characters** in the story **say or think** about the character. || ** Example: ** Scout says: Jem was careful to explain that during school I was not to bother him’


 * Reveals: ** That Jem has authority over Scout ||
 * The writer shows what the **character says** through **dialogue**. || ** Example: ** ‘Jem said if Dill wanted to get himself killed, all he had to do was go up and knock on the front door.’


 * Reveals: ** Jem’s child innocence and how he assesses the dangers ||