Who is jem in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 1

Jem is the older and only brother of Scout. But he is slightly older than Scout(around 12).
Jem is Jeremy Atticus Finch. He is Scout's (Jean Louise Finch and narrator)brother. Jem is one of the main characters.
Jem is one of the main characters in the book! If you read more than 2-3 pages of the book, you would know this. I know I'm probably going to answer to an idiot by saying this, but here we go: Jem is son and oldest child of Atticus Finch, Jem's full name is "Jeremy Atticus Finch". Jem is the brother of Scout Finch (AKA "Jean Louise Finch").

Answer 2

Certainly. Jem overlooks many things throughout the book, including the prejudism of Maycomb. During the trial of Tom Robinson he feels reassured that because Tom clearly has the stronger case he will most certainly get a Not Guilty verdict, whereas Scout was not so sure. He thought that the people in Maycomb were the best in the world, however after the Guilty verdict is given goes through severe disillusionment. He has not learnt of the coexistance of good and evil and therefore is shattered after seeing how the irrationality of Maycomb's attitudes to race could convict Tom Robinson even when the shaky evidence of two unreliable and uncourteous witnesses (Bob and Mayella Ewell) was "flatly contradicted by the defendant". When Scout tells him of Miss Gates' hypocrisy after her talk about how Hitler was a dictator and how in Maycomb there is a democracy he reactsr badly, showing how he still has not coped with Tom Robinson's guilty verdict yet.