... Summary Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, narrates this story and it is told during the great depression of the 1930's. She lives in the town of Maycomb, Alabama with her widowed father Atticus, and her older brother by four years, Jeremy Finch (called Jem). Scout tells us about her ancestors who originally fled ... established a large farm on the banks of the Alabama River called Finch's Landing. The family was farmers for a hundred years until Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb while his sister, Alexandra, ran the farm. At the start of the story, Scout is aged 6. Scout's mother had di...

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... - in 1932. We see how Atticus, her father closely guides Scout and her older brother Jem whenever they stumble upon a problem. In the small town of Maycomb these problems come from all sorts of incidents, resulting in many different lessons, each one as important as the next. Among these lessons they learn about true courage, ... to be this wicked spirit but they eventually learn that their view on him is wrong. Boo is different and unusual to the other citizens of Maycomb and the fact that he is shrouded in mystery attracts the children, as any child with an active imagination would be....

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. The story covers three consecutive summers and at the start of the tale Scout is aged six. During the first summer they befriend a boy named Dill and the three children ... new stepfather. He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jai...

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. The story covers three consecutive summers and at the start of the tale Scout is aged six. During the first summer they befriend a boy named Dill and the three children ... new stepfather. He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jai...

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Mockingbird summary Time: 1930 - 1933 Person: Scout 6 years old Jem 10 years old Atticus Finch lawyer attorney Chapter 1 Scout introduces her family and Maycomb history. First meeting with Dill and the Radley adventures begin. Chapter 2 Dill goes home and school starts. Scout is in trouble for explaining to the teacher why Walter cannot borrow ... away, is found undre Scout's bed. Chapter 15 Dill is allowed to stay for the summer Atticus is warned of trouble around the jail when Tom i inside. In her inocence, Scout saves the situatuin in front of the jail talking to Mr Cunningham about his e...

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... Jem and Scout to find. Tom Robinson manages to gain sympathy in the novel because he is accused for committing a crime he did not commit. While he was in the Maycomb county jail, a bunch of men came and wanted to kill Tom but Atticus was there to stop them from harming Tom. "They've gone, get some sleep, Tom. They won't bother ... ...

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... trial for example: because of the way that it was described to the reader, the reader could see the obvious wrongness of the verdict, yet hundreds of the townspeople in Maycomb couldn't see it so clearly. Scout's uncomplicated narration convinced the reader that the verdict couldn't possibly be guilty, as Scout indeed believed. This is shown in this passage, "I looked at ... influential moment that no doubt shows the impact of childish innocence on men was the way that Scout turned the mob away from attacking Atticus and Tom at the county jail. The way she peacefully ended the conflict ...

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