In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Jeremy Finch is one of the main characters who evolves from a child to an adolescent who learns to question the many faults of his environment. As Jeremy (or Jem) grew up, he adapted to the adult world as best he could, and learned that life was not the beautiful day in the neighborhood that Jem thought it was. And in doing so, he grows a closer resemblance to his father.
             We meet Jem near the age of ten, with his sister Scout, and their new friend Dill. Here, they relate to each other like children often do, with unreal stories, and other childlike qualities. For example, in explaining his knowledge on Arthur "Boo" Radley, Jem explains that Boo "dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were blood-stained; if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off." The children's acceptance of such superstitions (specifically, Scout's evaluation of Jem's description of the story as "reasonable") shows that they are just as susceptible to accepting the local gossip about the mysterious character as any other child in that situation.
             Furthermore, we learn that Scout looks to Jem for support and wisdom, like a little sister looking up to a big brother would. Though his advice is often inaccurate (e.g., he thinks that entailment is "having your tail in a crack," when it actually has to do with the way property inherited, and he refers to the new reading technique the "Dewey Decimal System" because he is confusing the library catalogue with the new educational theories of John Dewey), he is always their for her, giving his little sister support when she needs it. Despite his warnings not to tag along with him and his fifth-grade friends at school, he still cares for her in that fashion.
             As the story progresses, Jem starts to pass that childhood stage, and grows closer to the adult sphere. Evid
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