In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem represents a mockingbird because Jem had done no harm, brought joy to others, and was a victim of undeserved violence. First, after Scout and Walter Cunningham had an exchange of blows, Jem invited him over to their house for dinner. Jem was stopping the fight with Scout and Walter by kindly inviting Walter Cunningham over to dinner. He was bringing joy to them both by changing the subject and having the courtesy to think of others and not just himself. In addition, when Mr. Radley had filled the knothole with cement, Jem got very upset, and Scout said, “When we went in the house I saw he had been crying…” (84). Jem was very unsettled that Mr. Radley had filled the knothole because he knew that he was just cutting
