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What is a quote in the first half of "To Kill a Mockingbird" that depicts how Scout looks up to Jem?

In Chapter 4, the children decide to role play Boo Radley's life story in a game they title "One Man's Family." Scout is reluctant to participate because she believes that Boo Radley will see them playing and sneak out at night to attack them. Jem dismisses Scout's concerns and tells his sister that nothing will happen because Boo Radley is dead. Scout eventually agrees to act out the role of various women in the play because she knows that Calpurnia and Jem will be around in the daytime, and her father will be home at night. Scout comments,



"Jem was a born hero" (Lee 25).



Scout believes that Jem will protect her from the "malevolent phantom" if he ever decides to attack. She is confident in her older brother and believes that Jem is brave for acting out Boo Radley's life story in broad daylight. She also mentions that Jem has amazing acting abilities and can play the role of various characters. During Boo's big scene, Jem pretended to stab Dill with a pair of scissors. Scout says, "From where I stood it looked real" (Lee 26).

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