Scout is the main character of the story who lives in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. She lives with Jem, her brother, and Atticus, her father. It took place during The Great Depression, many people were affected and a lot lost their jobs but the Finch family weren’t affected that much because Atticus was a lawyer. Dill who came to Maycomb for the summer hangs with Jem and Scout and they make games up about Boo Radley and talk about him. Jem leaves when school starts and comes back next summer, they try to go inside of Boo Radley’s house but get scared when someone shoots and they run away. After that was over the case of Tom Robinson starts. Tom Robinson was a colored person that was accused of hurting a white women and Atticus
The book focuses on Scout and Jem Finch's early years during the sixties in Maycomb, a small rural town in Alabama. Their father, Atticus, is a public defender who chooses to defend a black man in court who has been wrongfully accused of rape. Throughout the novel Lee utilizes aggressive
The novel follows a lawyer and single father, Atticus, his two children, Jem and Scout, as well as their very close family friend, Dill. It takes place in a small, racist town in Alabama called Maycomb. Atticus bravely takes on a court case defending a black man, even though he knows he will lose the case in the end. As Dill spends time with the family, he experiences all of the ups and downs of this trial and learns and grows from the events.
To Kill A Mockingbird is taken place in a town called Maycomb. The book is narrated by a girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout. Scout earns how to deal with many difficult problems in her life. While learning to deal with injustice, criticism, and racism she also finds the ability of being shown by many of her role models. The theme courage is best depicted through Boo Radley, Scout and Atticus.
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story that takes place during prejudice times. A little girl named Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch live with their father, Atticus, in the town of Maycomb. They lost their mother when they were younger, so they have a black house maid named Calpurnia who watches out for them constantly. One summer, Scout and Jem meet a neighborhood kid named Dill. The three become fascinated with the stories of a man who lives in the neighborhood named Boo Radley. Although they are told not to go near the house, they do otherwise .After having a summer of fun; it is time for school to start back. Dill returns home, and Scout and Jem begin school.
The story is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, a little girl who is a rebellious tomboy. Atticus Finch (Scout’s father), Jem Finch (Scout’s brother) and Scout Finch all live in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. In the story, Atticus an attorney, tries to hopelessly prove Tom Robinson, a black man, innocent of sexually assaulting Mayella Ewell, a white 19-year-old girl. Because Atticus decides to defend Tom, the Finch family faces harsh criticism from the very prejudiced town of Maycomb. Atticus’s conscience couldn’t let him not go through with the case. He knows Tom is innocent, but he also knows Tom has a slim to none chance of winning the case. Because the white jury will never believe a black man over a
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in an old southern town called Maycomb. The narrator known as Jean Louise "Scout" Finch is also the main character. Scout’s Father is a lawyer named Atticus Finch. Every year around the summertime a boy named Charles Baker Harris comes from Mississippi to stay with his Aunt Rachel. People call him Dill for short. Jean along with her older brother Jem took a liking towards Dill which led them to becoming his friend. All three of the children become intrigued with the story of the infamous Boo Radley. He lives near their school but never leaves his house. Neighbors plus the townspeople spoke around that Boo stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.
“Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” ( Lee 90 ) To kill mockingbirds is novel, wrote by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960.
The main characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird are Jem, Scout, and Atticus Finch. Jem and Scout are brother and sister, Atticus is their father and Maycomb’s best lawyer . Jem and Scout spend their summers playing with their summer time friend Dill. Jem, Scout, and Dill spend most of their summer trying to get Boo Radley who is suspected to be a crazy man to come out of his home. As their summers pass their hopes of Boo Radley coming out of his home slowly fade away. One summer Atticus is defending a black man who is accused of raping a white teenager. The small town that they live in Maycomb is buzzing and giving the whole Finch family a hard time about the trial.
The book is based in Alabama during the Depression years and introduces a whole assortment of characters such as Scout and Jem Finch who were children of Atticus Finch, Boo Radley and his brother Nathan, Tom Robinson, Mr and Mrs Ewell and others. The book surrounds a trial of Tom Robinson, a black man, who has been wrongfully accused of raping and beating Mrs Ewell. Robinson is represented in court by Atticus Finch, and loses the case despite proving with clear evidence that Robinson could not have committed the crime. Finch then makes a
The story is set under the span of three years in the Deep South of Alabama during the Great Depression Era (1930's). Narrated in the first person of six-year-old, Scout (Jean Louise) Finch. The story follows the iconic Finch family: her determined father, Atticus Finch, and her protective older brother, Jem Finch. The action behind Scout's tale centers around her
The story begins as Scout describes her family history and her town, Maycomb during the time of the Great Depression. Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society. She and her brother, Jem, meet Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the children share stories and fantasies about the mystery man who lives near by. The man’s name is Arthur, or Boo, Radley. The house
The story is narrated by the little Scout Finch, and she explains to the reader about the life in a boring town of Maycomb. Scout lived with her brother Jem, her Father and the housekeeper Calpurnia. Her father Atticus Finch was a lawyer who defended a black man, who was accused of raping a white girl, a crime which he didn’t commit. Everyone in the white community were against Atticus because he was defending Tom Robinsons case and for that reason him and his family did get neglected given how racist people were in Maycomb at that time. He supported Tom Robinson till the end even after all the criticism, because he is a man of justice.
This cult classic shows life through the eyes of a young girl named Scout Finch as she experiences different situations in the town of Maycomb that changes her perspective of life. To Kill a Mockingbird is loosely based off of the life of the author Harper Lee, who was also a girl growing up in Alabama during the Great Depression. As a child growing up in the South during the 1930s, it is difficult for a child to be sheltered away from the financial instability and hardships of families within her community. So as a father, one must teach their children about different situations that they will encounter throughout their life, which is what Atticus tries to teach his children-Jem and Scout. Throughout the novel we encounter multiple climaxes,
Protagonists:The main characters of the story is Jean Louise Finch but some people call her Scout she is the main character and she is the daughter of Atticus Finch,the sister of Jeremy Finch, the friends of Boo Radley and Dill Harris.Another character in the book is Jem which is the brother of Scout and also the friend of Dill but he despises Boo Radley.Atticus is the father of both Jem and Scout, he is a lawyer who defends a “black man” in court.Dill is a friend of Jem and Scout, but he has feelings for Scout.Although Boo Radley doesn 't talk during this book he is an very important part of the book because he puts the blanket over Scout after a fire had happened, he also saved her from getting killed.
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates the corruption of good and evil that is seen within the city of Maycomb. The setting takes place in southern Alabama,1930, where the Great Depression was affecting the lives of many people. The author supports the theme of the story by using many characters, such as Boo Radley, as he is seen as a mysterious entity and described as a creature from the childrens of the Finch family. His ominous presence had a huge impact on the character development of Jem and Scout, the two main characters of the novel, as they were having their adventures during summer break. As growing childrens in the city of Maycomb, still oblivious to the injustice that is running around the county, Boo Radley helps alleviate their journey through stories, gifts, and his appearance.