Am I the only one in love with Jem Finch?

[Hannah]

Mostly, I always fall in love with fictional characters and after awhile, it disappears but Jem Finch just won't get out of my heart. His character just turns me on. I love his attitude, he's just brave and all. So there...

[Tanvi]

:)

[Falak]

I kind of second that Hannah.. Jem is all over you when you're half way into the book. It's like a stupor, but something you like being in :)

[Hannah]

Yes! It's also kind of sad when I finished reading it. Thanks for commenting! :)

[Falak]

You're most welcome :)

[Catherine]

your not alone!!!!! Me and a friend of mine wish that he was a real person!!!

[Erin]

You all must be young. I'm in love with Atticus. :)

[Leslie]

I too am in love with Atticus.

[Tanvi]

I am in love with Gregory Peck!

[Hannah]

Hi, Catherine! Haha, glad I'm not alone. :) I like Atticus as well but maybe in a "fatherly" kind of way. Thank you. :D

[Hermione]

Hannah Beata wrote: "Mostly, I always fall in love with fictional characters and after awhile, it disappears but Jem Finch just won't get out of my heart. His character just turns me on. I love his attitude, he's just ..."

Yes indeed. Jem! Atticus too!! Captured so brilliantly by Gregory Peck. The ultitmate good father.

[Kressel]

Erin wrote: "You all must be young. I'm in love with Atticus. :)"

Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly!

[Sydney]

Kressel wrote: "Erin wrote: "You all must be young. I'm in love with Atticus. :)"

Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly!"

Put me down, too!

[Catherine]

Hi Hannah, yes, I do think of Atticus in more of a fatherly way, but somehow more like an uncle than anything!

[Hannah]

WOW! I see that there are lots of people that are in love with Atticus. I think it's safe to say that someday I won't love him in a "fatherly" kind of way anymore. :)

[A.F.]

Omg I love both Atticus and Jem!! Atticus for being just so wise and calm (and yes Gregory Peck helped portray him nicely as well :D) and Jem for being spunky and brave (when I first read the book I imagined Jem more older and cuter, even though I knew he was only what 13 years old? Haha..)

[Amy]

I'm with the Atticus group, but that's because I'm a 32-year-old mom :) But, I always thought that Jem had the potential for being a wonderful man when he grew up - just like Atticus.

[Tanvi]

I'm surprised nobody's vouched for Scout! Don't you think she's adorable?

[Jenna]

I'm a little bit in love with the whole Finch family.

[Erin]

Scout's lovely, but I'm a fan of Miss Maudie more than anyone.

[Georgia]

Yeah, I love Miss Maudie. But who can't love Scout, Jem, and Atticus?

[Amy]

Belle wrote: "I'm a little bit in love with the whole Finch family."

Very true. I very much wanted to name my second daughter either Scout or Harper, but my husband wouldn't let me! Scout is one of my favorite narrators.

[Tanvi]

I think Scout stands for innocence.

[Liza]

Scout is a fabulous narrator!

[Kressel]

Amy wrote: "I very much wanted to name my second daughter either Scout or Harper, but my husband wouldn't let me! Scout is one o..."

Would he have gone for Jean Louise?

[Rose]

I love Jem, he's amazing, and Atticus is the perfect older man fantasy I think... but I have to say, I'm a Boo Radley fan...

[Hermione]

This is all really interesting. I am a new author (collecting rejection slips for 27 years) and would like to one day write a female Atticus. Do any of you think it can be done?

Of course yes Boo Radley!! No book is complete without a mysterious baddie.

[Hermione]

Hannah Beata,

I feel the same way as you about Jem. Maybe it was the age we were when we read it...

[Amy]

Kressel wrote: "Amy wrote: "I very much wanted to name my second daughter either Scout or Harper, but my husband wouldn't let me! Scout is one o..."

Would he have gone for Jean Louise?"

I wouldn't have gone for Jean Louise, lol. My middle name is Jean, and I've never liked it except for the fact I share it with my mother.

[Hannah]

Hermione wrote: "Hannah Beata,

I feel the same way as you about Jem. Maybe it was the age we were when we read it..."

Yes, I think so too. I think the idea of making a female Atticus is great! :D

[Tanvi]

Hermione wrote: "This is all really interesting. I am a new author (collecting rejection slips for 27 years) and would like to one day write a female Atticus. Do any of you think it can be done?

Of course yes Boo ..."

Oh wow! Sounds wonderful! A female Atticus would not just be righteous and moral, but would also hold the feminine qualities like compassion, sensitivity etc

But at the same time, i wonder if she would provide the same feeling of security to the children. Don't get me wrong, but a physically strong father strikes a feeling of security.

[Hermione]

Tanvi wrote: "Hermione wrote: "This is all really interesting. I am a new author (collecting rejection slips for 27 years) and would like to one day write a female Atticus. Do any of you think it can be done?

..."

Yes it would be a challenge!! You might like my debut novel, Bertha's Journal A Perfect Immelman Turn. Out on Amazon this week - If you read widely then it may appeal to you, because of your comments about the differences between a mother and father...If you do decide to read it I would be interested in your comments. All the best, Hermione

[Maria]

I have a crush on Atticus - but in my mind he will always look like Gregory Peck :) I also love Scout, since she reminds me of myself a little - outspoken, tomboyish, always getting dirty or hurt, knowing how to read very early....

[Allana]

I have always aspired to meet a man like Atticus Finch. Jem is but a boy. A very charming, loveable boy but a boy nonetheless. My thirteen year old self however, would have loved some Jem Finch.

[Allana]

My dream fictional character is Sodapop Curtis. And by dream, I mean love of my life.

[Alsjem]

Amy wrote: "Belle wrote: "I'm a little bit in love with the whole Finch family."

Very true. I very much wanted to name my second daughter either Scout or Harper, but my husband wouldn't let me! Scout is one o..."

I named my son Jem and had I been blessed with a girl as well she would have been Scout!

When I first read the book I loved Atticus but as a father figure as he is so like my own dad.

[Rad]

Belle wrote: "I'm a little bit in love with the whole Finch family."

I'm with you there!

[Rad]

Tanvi wrote: "Hermione wrote: "This is all really interesting. I am a new author (collecting rejection slips for 27 years) and would like to one day write a female Atticus. Do any of you think it can be done?

O..."

Yes, it would be rather difficult to merge that character with a feminine touch...

[Joclyn]

I am difinitly in love Atticus, or Gregory Peck! I never thought of Jem in that way. I agree Allana, if I was thirteen I would have a creush on Jem.

[Lisa]

No I loved Jem Finch too! As well as Atticus!! To Kill a Mockingbird is my all time favorite movie!!

[Jill]

No I seriously wish Jem was real. He's one of my favorite all time characters.

[Shona]

I think a grown up Jem will make a wonderful father, husband and friend. He will be a sexier Atticus. I love Atticus (deeply and purely) but Jem.....yeah!

Teatime for the Firefly

[William]

Tanvi wrote: "Hermione wrote: "This is all really interesting. I am a new author (collecting rejection slips for 27 years) and would like to one day write a female Atticus. Do any of you think it can be done?

O..."

Try The Client by John Grisham. Comes pretty close to a female Atticus.

[Susan]

Falak wrote: "I kind of second that Hannah.. Jem is all over you when you're half way into the book. It's like a stupor, but something you like being in :)"

You will Always Remember how you felt while reading To Kill A Mockingbird...You can reread it so many times...See The Movie I still Love it after 20 Years...The Secret Life of Bees Comes very close

[Pam]

I read To Kill a Mockingbird when it first came out in 1960. I was 13 and naturally fell madly in love with Jem. When the movie appeared and Jem was played so wonderfully by Phillip Alford I fell in love all over again. Now, of course, it's Atticus hands down.

[William]

Pam wrote: "I read To Kill a Mockingbird when it first came out in 1960. I was 13 and naturally fell madly in love with Jem. When the movie appeared and Jem was played so wonderfully by Phillip Alford I fell..."

So,Pam, you must be my age. I returned to the book at thirty-four and found it just as engaging, but it is Scout that I loved, she's just so precocious and innocent. She reminds me of Phoebe in Catcher in the Rye.

[Pam]

William wrote: "Pam wrote: "I read To Kill a Mockingbird when it first came out in 1960. I was 13 and naturally fell madly in love with Jem. When the movie appeared and Jem was played so wonderfully by Phillip A..."

I was in love with Jem but wanted to be Scout. I was quite the tomboy, but didn't have, and therefore coveted, Scout's outgoing nature.

[Skylar]

When I was in junior high, my class read TKAM. I was MADLY in love with Atticus, which everyone thought was extremely weird (as most teenagers have crushes on "hot" young celebrities and not fictional 50-year-old lawyers)... But whatever, I thought Atticus was the perfect person and I especially loved his modesty... not to mention those glasses... I still love him. ;)

[Zachary]

He is a class act, through and through.

[Fliz]

Atticus is dreamy but we never see a sense of humour. It's hard, for me, anyway, to imagine joking around with him or being silly picturing him as I do as wise, fair, kind, etc... Does anyone else here think his dignity might prevent him from being fun or playful? Or is his seriousness charming?