The Camellia

Sometimes a physical gesture can be as if not more important than

what is said in a novel.  This is the case with Jem's reaction to what

Mrs. Dubose gives him: "He picked up the camellia, and when I went

off to bed I saw him fingering the wide petals" (149).  What is the

significance of this act?  What is it telling us about Jem?

Jem's Change

Jem is clearly changing.  How?  Why?

Is there a way, in the view of life we see in this novel,
to reconcile the need for survival with

the love that Buck has for John Thornton?