A reflective response to chapters 9- 11 A few weeks have passed since Mrs Dubose died and Jem has had some time to think about the events of the last few months. In role as Jem, write a response in which you reflect on these events and what they mean

"Its been a few weeks since the passing of Mrs Dubose. When I look back, even though she was a very old woman with her face the colour of a pillow case, and sometimes dribbled when she spoke, Atticus was so very right about her, as always. She was a very courages lady. I have come to the realisation now, that this courage didn't come from her being able to pick up a gun or shoot something, it came from deep within. Even though Mrs Dubose knew she was just about to die, she was trying to hard to overcome her addiction of Morphine, Scout and I didn't know this. Now that I think about it,  is a lot like Atticus defending the Negro Man, Tim, in the trial. Atticus knew that he would not win the trial again the whites, because if we're being honest when does the Black people ever win? My father displays courage from within and is a very heartless man and I am so very proud to have such a wise person as my father. He has made me believe and it is now obvious I should not have taken out my anger on Mrs Dubose garden and cut off all of her Camellia plants and ruin her garden. She did not deserve this, even though she sometimes did not say the most polite things."