To Kill A Mockingbird

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” is written by Harper Lee about a girl named Jean Louise Finch, or known as Scout and she is too smart for her age. Jem is her older brother, along with her father, Atticus, including her maid is Calpurnia. Her neighbors are Boo along with Nathan Radley, Ms. Maudie, and Ms. Stephanie Crawford. The main idea of the story is that Scout along with her friend Dill and her brother’s curiosity killed the cat when they were eager to spot Boo Radley so they make strategy. Also, she is too smart for her own good, as a consequence, it gets her into trouble.

Scout has more intellectual capacity for age since she knows how to read and write more than the other kids. She accomplished how to read and write at an early age because

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