Jem Finch, is a careless 10-year-old boy at the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird, but develops into a much more mature adolescent by the end. There is one major event in this novel that makes this impact in the young boy's life; the trial of Tom Robinson.

Tom Robinson is a poor, young, black man that lives in a wooded area, behind the property of a rowdy, white, southern family, the Ewells. This family is known for brewing up scandals and causing trouble. On one particular day Tom walks by the family's house on his way to work, as he did almost everyday. One of the daughters, Mayella Ewell, stopped him. Mayella tells Tom that she has a job for him in the house, and Tom knows very well he shouldn't step foot in there. He does it anyways, though. After a little while Tom realized that...