Question

What does scout mean when she says Jem “was now positively allergic to my presence when in public”? Why do you think Jem behaves like this?

Answer 1

Jem was the older brother of Scout and this had nothing to do with a parent this had to do with the fact that Jem the older brother was starting to become distant from younger sis or in better more correct words Jem is becoming emotionally distant from Scout just because he feels he’s outgrowing her if you have brother who left for college you can relate to this

Hoped this helped :)