What Happened To Scout And Jem's Mother - Scout mentions that she doesn't remember her mother but is aware that jem misses her. In ch.1 we find out that that their mother died of a sudden heart attack. In the beginning of the novel, a few pages in, scout directly addresses this issue. Scout's mother died of a heart attack when she was two years old. Jem was six and he remembers more. Jem was the product of their first year of marriage; She stumbles toward home, and sees, in the light of the streetlamp, a man carrying jem toward her house. Web scout and jem's mother is never mentioned in the novel, except for atticus telling scout that she died when she was two. This has led to speculation about her death, departure or killing, but the truth is unknown. Jem was six and he remembers more.
Through the course of the novel, both the siblings develop a mature understanding of human nature and how the class system affects society. Scout was only two when her mother died so her memories are vague at best and her trauma was minimal. Web scout and jem's mother is never mentioned in the novel, except for atticus telling scout that she died when she was two. Jem was six and he remembers more. Jem was six and he remembers more. In ch.1 we find out that that their mother died of a sudden heart attack. She states of herself, our mother died when i was two, so. Scout's mother died of a heart attack when she was two years old. Scout mentions that she doesn't remember her mother but is aware that jem misses her. She stumbles toward home, and sees, in the light of the streetlamp, a man carrying jem toward her house. This has led to speculation about her death, departure or killing, but the truth is unknown. In ch.1 we find out that that their mother died of a sudden heart attack. Web unfortunately, scout's mother passed away from a sudden heart attack when scout was two years old. She was 15 years younger than atticus, which made it very unexpected. Web suddenly, her attacker is pulled away. Once the noise of struggling has ceased, scout feels on the ground for jem, finding only the prone figure of an unshaven man smelling of whiskey. Jem was the product of their first year of marriage; Scout was only two when her mother died so her memories are vague at best and her trauma was minimal. She was 15 years younger than atticus, which made it very unexpected. Scout is a tomboyish little girl who enjoys spending time with her elder brother.