Jem has changed by finally realizing that a man holding a gun does not constitute courageousness, rather a feeble 98lb woman on her death bed, who wants to leave this world "beholden to nothing and nobody."
He questions Atticus about why he defends those who seem to be guilty, and those who everyone believes to be guilty, only to be told that courage is, "knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
He starts off the narrow minded child, questioning everything but develops into this more mature character by the end.. review the bets made between Dill, Scout and Jem about slapping the Radley house, going back for his pants and cutting off Mrs. Dubose's azalea bushes. Those are all points that discuss courage.
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