The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of.
Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. This book.
represents the prejudice and injust and as civil rights.
violence exploded on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. .
With the mind of a child, Haarper Lee tells a tale of.
prejudice and a society's coming of age. .
Mississippi youngsters Jean "Scout" Finch, her brother.
Jem meet a new playmate, Dill, who's spending the summer.
with his aunt. The trio of playmates amuse themselves by.
spying on the mysterious "Boo" Radley, trying anything and.
everything to make the man the whole town gossips about to.
venture outside. They also take to innocently acting out.
stories they've heard about the Radley family. Meanwhile,.
Scout and Jem's father, Atticus Finch is preparing to defend.
a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been accused with raping.
a teenage white girl. Naturally, the community reacts to.
Atticus' accepting such a controversial case by taunting him.
with names and jeers, which also sting his children. A few.
nights before the trial is set to begin, Atticus is told by.
some black residents that some angry whites have threatened.
to kill the imprisoned Tom, so he "guards" his client's.
safety himself, by maintaining a guard outside the jail. .
During the trial, Atticus wastes no time in directing his.
questioning toward the complainants, the alleged rape victim.
Maybelle Ewell and her father Bob, and accuses them of.
lying. The jury, however, convicts Tom Robinson anyway, and.
Bob Ewell vows to get even with Atticus for publicly.
humiliating him. Tom Robinson fears that Atticus' appeal.
attempts on his behalf will be unsuccessful, and as he.
attempts to escape from prison, the guards gun him down. .
After the trial, Scout and Jem are walking home from a.
Halloween party, when they are trailed and attacked by Bob.
Ewell. Watching the assault from his window, Boo Radley.
finally comes outdoors, and stabs Ewell to death, then makes.
