I know that in that time period, it was customary for girls to wear dresses and be polite.
Significant Events.
The story starts off with Scout telling us her life and family history. The first significant event occurs when they first meet Dill, and they decide to sneak into the Radley's yard. The second significant event occurs when Atticus is given the news that he will be defending Tom Robinson in court from the charges brought up against him. The third significant event happens when the judge declares Tom guilty, and later that day he is shot and killed because he tried to run. Then, Bob Ewel attempts to attack Scout and Jem, but is fought off and killed by Boo Radley. The final event is when Scout walks Boo home, and she finally realizes what Boo's life had been like for him.
Vocabulary.
Dictionary Reference: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition.
1.) Assuaged: verb; relieved, eased, soothed "When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury." Chapter 1.
2.) Indigenous: adjective; originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native "The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbour her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region." Chapter 2.
3.) Discernable: adjective; perceptible; "Atticus kept us in fits that evening, gravely reading columns of print about a man who sat on a flagpole for no discernible reason, which was reason enough for Jem to spend the following Saturday aloft in the treehouse." Chapter 3.
4.) Tyrannical: adjective; characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; "She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember." Chapter 1.
5.) Unsullied: adjective; not spoiled or made impure; "Atticus' office contained little more than a hat rack, a spittoon, a checkerboard, and an unsullied Code of Alabama.
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Harper Lee's character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. ... When To Kill a Mockingbird begins, Jem is ten years old; at the end of the book, he is thirteen years old. ... After this Jem wrote a thank you note and placed it in the knothole, and the next day it was filled up with cement. ... Radley filled up the tree because he found their note that they left in there. ...
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