The meaning of "Jem had no firm basis for his ideas, he said it was merely a twitch." in chapter 8 in TKAM is that Jem just said what he said as a spur of the moment without a solid plan.
<h3>What happened in
To Kill a Mockingbird?</h3>
This refers to the story that occurred in a very racist town when a lawyer Tom Sawyer decided to defend a black man accused of a crime and his family began to be attacked by his decision to defend the black man.
Hence, it can be seen that Jem was his child and did not have any firm basis for the idea which he said, but they just came out of his mouth, and was so scared the next day.
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The author of 'The Fun They Had' believe that technology will make people isolated and the use of mechanical teachers for teaching will deprive children from experiencing the real fun of teaching.
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'The Fun They Had' is a science fiction story with a good message which is authored by Issac Asimov. The story is set in 2157. Margie and tommy are the central characters of the story where Margie's teacher is not any person but a robot.
Margie teacher is a mechanical teacher and the teaching uses to take place in Margie's home itself. But Margie dislike her mechanical teacher and she loved the idea of having taught by a human teacher. She wondered how fun it would have been back then going to school.
The author with the help of Margie's example is trying to express his view against the using the robot teachers. He says that technology is making people more and more separated.