Essay on To Kill a Mocking Bird Chapter Summaries

Jem finally connects the dot and realizes that it was Boo Radley that gave them the objects. Jem is confused and seems to be conflicted with his realization. Scout narrates, “Jem was holding his ears, shaking his head from side to side. ‘I don’t get it, I just don’t get it—I don’t know why, Scout…’” (69). He has two views in his mind, a child’s one and an adult one. With the realization that Boo Radley, the childhood monster of his, has been giving him nice gifts, he has also realize that Boo Radley isn’t actually a monster. His previous beliefs of Boo is conflicting with his newfound realization. However, Scout, a child, doesn’t understand and can’t make the same connection as Jem. She asks Jem, “How do you know it’s a man? I bet it’s Miss Maudie—been bettin‘ that for a long time,” when Jem writes, “Dear Mister,” on the thank you card (69). Scout can’t connect it to Boo Radley like Jem can because in her mind Boo is still the monster of the neighborhood, and to her, it’s impossible for the monster to have done nice deeds. Then, later in the chapter, the only connection to Boo Radley the children had is blocked as the tree hole is cemented by Nathan Radley. When Jem asks Mr. Radley why he blocked it, he simply says that it’s because the tee is sick; however when Jem ask his father whether the tree was sick,

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

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Chapter 1 introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence or a paragraph which illustrates each of the following attitudes/ideas. Quote at least a portion of the sentence or paragraph and give the page number.

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

While walking home from school one day the children happen to find two pieces of gum hidden in the knot-hole of a tree on the Radley yard. These treasures, the children soon come to realize, can only be from the elusive man himself Boo Radley. Soon enough the children find even more gifts from Boo such as a small box with Indian-head coins, a ball of twine, a boy and girl carved soap figures, a whole pack of gum this time, a spelling medal, and their most cherished treasure, a pocket watch. This knot hole was the only connection between Boo and the children until the hole was clogged up by Boo’s brother Nathan, but because of that Hole Scout and Jem began to see Boo just a little differently from the way they saw him before. Something that also helped Scouts understanding of Boo began to change was during the fire of Miss maudie’s house. While Jem and Scout watched the events unfold from a safe distance a very unusual thing occurred. Scout while watching the fire did not seem to notice that a blanket that she had not come out with was wrapped around her shoulders. After her father Atticus pointed this out he also mentioned that this was the work of Boo Radley who, like the rest of the neighborhood came out to watch the

Through the eyes of an innocent child, the story of To Kill a Mockingbird introduces a world of corruption. In the disordered town of Maycomb, certain character traits are developed and displayed in a specific local family. The opposition against their beliefs brings daunting situations to their door. Yet, this one family perseveres through the continuous corruption of Maycomb. Therefore, this recurring motif of character development really plays into the characters and, consequently, the story. This evident pattern of courage composes the Finch family: Jem, Scout, and Atticus.

POINT ONE: Boo Radley cares for Jem and Scout. When Jem is running away from a shooting Nathan Radley, Jem gets his pants caught on a fence. They ripped so he left them there. When Jem went back to retrieve his pants he finds them sewed where he ripped them and folded.

As jem and scout are walking home and they hear a noise, they stop walking and hear rustling behind them then, Jem tells scout to run, she falls to the ground, she hears kicking and screaming. She felt someone roll up against her and Jem pulled her up. The person who was behind them was Boo Radley and, he was trying to attack them. Jem and Scout both said that he had tripped and fallen onto the knife and Mr. Tate believed them but Atticus was a little unsure. Atticus rubbed his head and said, “Well Heck, it was a clear cut self-defense, Jem is almost thirteen but it will go to trial in county court.”

Chapter 1 begins as a flashback told by the main character and narrator, a young girl named Scout. This retelling of the story continues through the entire book. the author of this novel, Harper Lee, characterizes scout the narrator as an intelligent tomboy who is not so sure she wants to deal with the Radleys. Scout always hung around her older brother Jem and Dill, a boy who visited Maycomb every summer. She was always up for whatever they did and really did not like it when they called her girly. Dill became fascinated with the Radleys and their mysteriously hidden son Boo. Scout urged Dill to let the Radleys keep to themselves, but her harassing of Dill did nothing. Even though Scout is a clever girl, Lee makes it obvious that Scout still

The novel to Kill a Mockingbird, is about a young girl named Jean Louise Finch. She is also known as Scout. Scout experiences different events that change her life. Scout and her brother Jem are being raised by their father, a lawyer named Atticus and a housekeeper named Calpumia in a small town called Maycomb. In the South racism and discriminations towards black was a big issue . The story begins when Scout and her brother, become fascinated with a mysterious man known as Boo Radley. Scout and Jem meet boy named Dill who comes from Mississippi to spend the summers there. Jem quickly tells the story of Boo Radley to young Dill. Boo Radley, a man in his thirties who has not been seen outside of his home in years, mainly because of

She recounts everything that occurred in front of the Radley house through the eyes of Boo. Consequently, Scout begins to understand Boo and all that he has done for them: “he gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.” She realizes that “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”

     In my opinion theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Hypocrisy as shown in three main incidents . These are the teachings of Ms Gates about the atrocities of Adolf Hitler whilst she hated blacks ; the missionary circle trying to show how Christian they are while believing that to be a brother of Christ you must be white and finally the hypocrisy of the American court system in the 30's by saying they stand for justice.

The climax of this story comes when the jury in front of Tom Robinson judged him guilty. At first, Scout - along with Jem and Dill - attempted to see and meet Boo Radley; Miss Finch and her friends did not understand why Atticus forbade the group of friends to provoke Arthur out of his abode despite the command “‘stop tormenting that man’” (Lee 65). This would be shown as the repetition of actions such as Jem and Dill going to simply “peep in the window with the loose shutter [of the Radley’s House] to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley,”(69). When the jury passed the verdict on Tom Robinson, Scout “shut [her] eyes”(282). This action can be understood as disgust as she and Jem realized the nature of their community. In the ending, having understood the nature of her community, interacted with Boo Radley who had recently saved her life. After walking Boo to his house, Scout looked upon the neighborhood from the view of the Radley porch. At that moment, Scout “[stood] in [Boo’s] shoes and walked around in them” (374). This results in a conclusion that fully realizes and completes the conflict between Scout and her immature and naive

I am not a fan of the way this novel ended, so let me tell you the way I think it should have ended. While Jem and Scout are heading back from the school auditorium, Jem or Scout trips over a stump in the dark, and hear the same deep laugh that Scout heard when she rolled the tire into the Radley’s yard. Jem shouts to Scout to run, but Scout, being curious as she is, says to Jem, ‘No, Jem, I think I know who it is.” Scout, remembering her fantasy of Boo Radley being just a regular person, calls out, “Mr. Radley, is that you?” Jem thinks Scout is crazy; Boo Radley hasn’t left his house in years. They both hear a deathly cough, then a weak, tall figure emerges from the bushes. As Scout and Jem move to where there is some light