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 * Quote 1:**

"I did not miss her, but I think Jem did. He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the middle of the game he would sigh at length, then go off and play by himself behind the car-house" (Lee, 6)

This quote shows that Jem missed his mother a lot, so that he is a sensitive child.


 * Quote 2:**

"When we slowed to walk to a walk at the edge of the schoolyard, Jem was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to bother him [...] "We'll do like we always do at home [...] but you'll see school is different" (Lee, 18)

Jem is a child but he wants to pretend to be adult, he has knowledge and experience


 * Quote 3:**

"Jem suddenly grinned at him. "Come on home to dinner with us, Walter," he said. "We'd be glad to have you"" (Lee, 26)

Jem can understand the other's feeling and make them feel better, he also knows what is right and what is wrong, he is a nice guy.


 * Quote 4 (Chapter 8):**

"He (Atticus) said to Jem, "but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea"" (Lee, 76)

Jem is a smart child with divergent thinking.


 * Quote 5 (Chapter 10):**

"Jem said, "I reckon if he'd wanted us to know it, he'd told us. If he was proud of it, he'da told us"" (Lee, 112)

Jem is a mature child and he understands his father.