to kill a mockingbird

It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. "Itt anin't right," he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found atticus was standing under the street light looking as though nothing had happened: his vest was glistened, he was his impassive self again. It ain't right, Atticus," said Jem. "No son, it's not right."ch 22

I think it takes great courage for Jem to cry in front of people and show his empathy for an innocent man, wrongly convicted of a crime.