To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 1-8

The story, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is by Harper Lee. Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb, Alabama. She is very intelligent for her age and is a tomboy. Everyone in the town follow all the rules, except the Radley’s. The Radley’s, the antagonist’s of the story, never follow the rules and are extremely racist. They hate most people, especially colored people. The main idea of chapter 1 through 7 is to see notice how the Radley’s are always racist and never follow the rules.

The story mentions that Jem, Dil, and Scout sneaked into the Radley’s house at night to see how Boo, the evil character in this story, looked like and if he was alive. They saw a shadow moving which scared them. It made them run away. Jem couldn’t escape with his pants, so he left them there. They left and then saw a crowd of people around the Radley’s house with Mr. Nathan having a loaded shotgun. He supposedly missed a Negro and made them run away. He stated that if he sees a white nigger person around, he would shoot him (Lee 50-55). This shows that the Radley is racist because he is assuming the person that invaded his house is a colored person. Making him seem as he hates colored people, and thinking white people wouldn’t do such a thing. A Negro would not pass the Radley’s place at night. They would cut across to the sidewalk and whistle as they walk (Lee 9). This piece of evidence shows that every colored person is afraid to see a Radley since everyone is scared that they would get killed. The Radley’s hate towards colored people made colored people feel …show more content…
Also how they never follow the rules, but still get away with it. The Radley’s are racist because they think that their race is better than the rest. They didn’t like people different color than they are. The Radley’s will always assume colored people made the