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The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee has many comparisons between Jem and Scout. Scout and Jem’s relationship with Atticus, Dill, how they view school, and how the attitudes of the townspeople affect Jem and Scout are key points that allow the reader to truly understand their differences.

Jem and Scout’s relationship with their dad, Atticus, is almost similar, but Jem’s is stronger. Scout has a great deal of respect for Atticus, but she wants to be different from Atticus while Jem

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The children learn a lot from Atticus, like how they should treat blacks the same as whites. Jem tries to control himself and ignore the townspeople’s comments, but after a while he takes all of his anger out on Mrs. While, Scout watches and doesn’t understand why her brother is treating her different and doesn’t want to hang out with her.

The attitudes of the townspeople affect both Jem and Scout in different ways. Jem spends a large amount of time playing with Dill over the summer even though Dill is younger than him by two years.

Jem and Scout’s relationship with Dill is different. Jem and Atticus also have a great amount of trust for each other. Scout likes Dill very much and wants to play with him, but Jem and Dill start going off without her. Scout wants to fight anyone that says anything about Atticus, but she starts to control her temper after Atticus talks with her. Harper Lee does a great job showing us this and comparing Jem and Scout. Jem enjoys it and Scout despises it.

Jem and Scout have two completely different views about school.

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