To kill a mockingbird was written by Harper Lee during the mid- 1950s with the setting time 1933-1935 and setting place the fictional town Maycomb, Alabama.
The story is narrated by Scout Finch, who lives with her older brother Jem, their widowed father Atticus and their cook Calpurnia in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer, leading to the family live well off compared to the rest of the society. Every summer, a boy named Dill comes to live in his aunt’s house in the neighborhood and is soon befriended by Scout and Jem. The trio spends summer together and is curious about the mystery of Boo Radley, who is their neighbor and also Nathan Radley’s brother who never leaves the house.
Summer soon comes to an end and fall begins. Scout goes to school for the first time and hates it as her attempt to explain about a fellow student is misunderstood and mostly also because her teacher told her that it is wrong for her to read. However, after Atticus’s …show more content…
His decision results in Jem and Scout being abused by other children, even their cousin during their Christmas celebration at the family compound on Finch’s Landing. Calpurnia, their colored cook takes them to a local black church, where the children are welcomed and embraced by the community.
The continuing summer, the family is joined by Atticus’s sister, Alexandra, who believes her presence will help the kids. Dill, who is supposed to live with his new “father” in another town, runs away and comes to Maycomb. The trial of Tom Robinson begins. While he is placed in a local jail, a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus drives there to face a mob, unaware of him being followed by the children. Scout recognizes one of the men, Mr. Cunningham and starts to politely question him about his son- her schoolmate. He is ashamed and disperses the
The story is narrated by Scout Finch, who lives with her older brother Jem, their widowed father Atticus and their cook Calpurnia in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer, leading to the family live well off compared to the rest of the society. Every summer, a boy named Dill comes to live in his aunt’s house in the neighborhood and is soon befriended by Scout and Jem. The trio spends summer together and is curious about the mystery of Boo Radley, who is their neighbor and also Nathan Radley’s brother who never leaves the house.
Summer soon comes to an end and fall begins. Scout goes to school for the first time and hates it as her attempt to explain about a fellow student is misunderstood and mostly also because her teacher told her that it is wrong for her to read. However, after Atticus’s …show more content…
His decision results in Jem and Scout being abused by other children, even their cousin during their Christmas celebration at the family compound on Finch’s Landing. Calpurnia, their colored cook takes them to a local black church, where the children are welcomed and embraced by the community.
The continuing summer, the family is joined by Atticus’s sister, Alexandra, who believes her presence will help the kids. Dill, who is supposed to live with his new “father” in another town, runs away and comes to Maycomb. The trial of Tom Robinson begins. While he is placed in a local jail, a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus drives there to face a mob, unaware of him being followed by the children. Scout recognizes one of the men, Mr. Cunningham and starts to politely question him about his son- her schoolmate. He is ashamed and disperses the