This depends on the chapter from which you are
reading.
In chapter 2, when Jem takes Scout to school, we
find that Jem earned some money for doing so and we later learn that on these trips to
school, once in a while Jem was entrusted with his father's pocket
watch.
The most significant rite of passage
would occur in chapter 12 when Calpurnia begins referring to him as Mister Jem. This
signifies that he has earned her respect as a man. It is at that point that he had just
turned 12.
Near the end of the book, in
chapter 25, Jem demonstrates maturity and gets into one of his "moods" when Scout wants
to kill a roly-poly. He won't let her.
In those late 20s
chapters, Jem also gets a hair under his armpit and tries to show it to Scout. She can't
really see it, but pretends to be impressed.
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