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Jem Finch
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- 1Jem Finch"Scout younder's been readin' ever since she was born, and she ain't even started school yet."
- Jem Finch - 2Jem Finch"This was enough to make Jem march straight to the corner,"
- Scout Finch - 3Jem Finch"Jem wanted Dill to know once and for all that he wasn't scared of anything."
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"Besides, Jem had his little sister to think of. When he said that, I knew he was afraid."
- Scout Finch - 4Jem Finch"Jem was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to bother him, I was not to approach him with requests to enact a chapter of Tarzan and the Ant Men, to embarrass him at recess and noon. I was to stick with the first grade and he would stick with the fifth. In short I was to leave him alone."
- Scout Finch - 5Jem Finch"Don't worry Scout," Jem comforted me."
- Scout Finch - 6Jem Finch"...You go gargle - right now, you hear me?"
- Jem Finch - 7Jem Finch"But these are important to somebody."
- Jem Finch - 8Jem Finch"I thought o wanted to be a lawyer, but I ain't so sure now!"
- Jem Finch - 9Jem Finch"Don't you cry, now, Scout...don't cry now, don't you worry" - he muttered at me all the way to school."
- Scout Finch - 10Jem Finch"You ought to know that, Jem."
- Mr Nathan - 11Jem Finch"Jem put his arm around me. "Hush, Scout," He said. "It ain't time to worry yet. I'll let you know when."
- Jem Finch - 12Jem Finch"Jem tried to say something nice, but I wouldn't let him."
- Scout Finch - 13Jem Finch"Jew was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him and I consulted Atticus...Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible."
- Scout Finch - 14Jem Finch"Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me: several times he went so far as to tell me what to do. After one altercation when Jem hollered, "It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!" I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia."
- Scout Finch - 15Jem Finch"In addition to Jem's newly developed characteristics, he had acquired a maddening air of wisdom."
- Scout Finch - 16Jem Finch"Scout, try not to antagonise Aunty, hear?"
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"You tryn' to tell me what to do?"
"Naw, it's - he's got a lot on his mind now, without us worrying him."
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"It's this Tom Robinson case that's worryin' him to death-"
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"That's because you can't hold something in your head but a little while," said Jem. "It's different with grown folks, we-"
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"Jee-crawling-hova Jem! Who do you think you are?"
"Now I mean it, Scout, you antagonize Aunty and I'll spank you."
- Jem Finch
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- English Literature Flashcards on Jem Finch, created by Carla Hewitt on 08/05/2015.
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- Carla Hewitt · May 2015
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- May 17, 2016
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