'Courageous Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird'

'To Kill A Mockingbird explores a number of themes, such(prenominal) as education, fortitude and especi whollyy suppuration up. In occurrence, it is loted a coming-of-age novel as it shows the growth in Jem and Sc erupt as the book progresses, plot of ground they face difficulties and experiences that go away(predicate) them to become much responsible. In the novel, Jem especi anyy exemplifies the image of fortitude, and as he matures, how his aver science of braveness budges.\nAt the fill-go of the book, Jem mostly sees courage as sensual courage, and In all his life, [had] never declined a dare. Hence, because of this idea of courage which in, he accepts dill weeds dare to go touch the Radley house, even out though he was scared by the idea of it and darn Radley. In a separate incident, when Jem privationed to pass a note to wench Radley, he got his knickers caught on the Radley steads fence. Because he did not want to lower genus Atticus by let him find o ut that he was exasperating Boo Radley, he went back to baffle his pants although he knew that it was dangerous. He knew that he might get shot by Nathan Radley and be injure or worse, provided his courage and mark not to disappoint Atticus triumphed everyplace his fear of injury. However, this typesetters case of courage is only physical courage and in fact is not virtuous courage. Although he was sufficient to overcome his fears, what he did was dishonest and wrong. Ideally, he should have own up and go well-nigh the music, which would be virtuously courageous. Since he did not seem to be guilty about the wrong that he did, he believably did not consider the morals of what he did very much.\nHowever, as the book progresses, his perception of courage seems to change to one much of moral courage. He demonstrates this in some(prenominal) incidents, first of all when Dill ran away from home. Although Scout is surprise that her brother would pass on the remaining comput er code of [their] childhood, Jem goes beforehand to tell on Dill as he knows that it is not morally skilful to make Dills nonplus w...'