» With that, I was off. “You damn morphodite.” I'm going to kill you! » He was sitting on a bed and it was easy to grab his hair and put one over his mouth. He slapped me and I tried another left, but a punch to the stomach sent me sprawling to the ground. It almost took my breath away, but it didn't matter because I knew he was fighting, he was fighting me. We were always equal. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay “Isn’t it so high and mighty now, is it!” » I screamed as I sailed again... We were still struggling when Atticus separated us. (Chapter 12, page 184) In this passage from To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows Scout and Jem fighting. She shows that they don't just fight verbally, as shown when Jem said to Scout "You damn morphodite", but that they also fight physically. This shows on the same page that Scout showed how she found Jem's "superiority" to really annoy her. She was so irritated by the way Jem was trying so hard to act so adult. Just before they started fighting, Jem threatened to "spank" her if she made Aunt Alexandra angry. This made her exasperated with his superior attitude and overbearing behavior. From there, she immediately loses it and makes it a physical fight. During the fight, Scout was very badly injured by Jem, but she didn't seem to care as he fought back. Scout shouts "Isn't he so high and mighty now, is he", indicating how she knew what he was. doing is not at all mature and that he is no different from her. After that, Atticus had to stop them from fighting and separated them. Keep in mind: this is just a sample. Get a personalized article from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay In this passage, I can relate very well to Scout herself. But for me it wasn't sibling rivalry, I had problems with my own cousin who is only a year and a half older than me. Even though he's not much older than me or better than me at most things, he still acts "high and mighty", much like Jem. I can say I'm a bit like Scout, since we both seem to have childish qualities. I myself found myself arguing, like this, with my older cousin for the same reason. Honestly, if I were in Scout's shoes, I probably would have done the same thing, because sometimes I lose my mind and start physical fights, especially when people bother me for no reason. Sometimes I just try to keep my mouth shut, which is what Scout seemed to be trying to do just before this bit. But just like Scout, I completely lose heart and start fighting, most of the time it's verbal but mostly it's physical. And, just like Jem and Scout were shown in this passage, a parent separated us so we could stop fighting. And just like Scout, I usually fight him to show him that he's really no better than me, which is how I can relate to her in this passage..