To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 1 Summary
SETTING To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in a made-up town called Maycomb County. Maycomb is a small town that is placed in southern Alabama and is isolated pretty well in the middle of nowhere. Not a lot of people move in and not a lot of people move out of town. The date in which To Kill a Mockingbird is somewhere in the early to middle 1930s. This is in the midst of the Great Depression and is nearly 70 years since the abolishment of slavery.
PLOT Atticus Finch, along with the help of the Black maid Calpurnia, takes care of Scout and Jem, Finch’s two children. Atticus is representing Tom Robinson, a young Black man that has been accused of raping a young white woman, in court. Over the story, Scout and Jem gain attention from the small town because their father helping a black man. Throughout the trial,
Scout and Jem learn life lessons about morality, justice, and what the right thing to do is. Despite obviously being proven innocent, Tom Robinson is found guilty and is sentenced to the electric chair. Atticus receives many threats from Bob Ewell, the prosecutor's father, that he will hurt Atticus. On the way home from a school dance, Scout and Jem are attacked by
Bob Ewell. The mysterious neighbor Boo Radley, comes out and grabs Ewell's knife then kills him with it. Altogether To Kill a …show more content…
He beats his daughter, Mayella Ewell when he finds out that she kissed a black man. At one point in time of the trial, Bob gathers a group to go and lynch Tom Robinson. When he goes to the jail, Scout is there and reminds him of innocence and that caused something in Bob to change his mind and leave. In one of the final scenes, Bob attacks Scout and Jem but is stopped by Boo Radley. This is a realistic character because there are people like Bob Ewell in this world today. Bob Ewell is not very vivid because he doesn't seem very complex from the descriptions of the
PLOT Atticus Finch, along with the help of the Black maid Calpurnia, takes care of Scout and Jem, Finch’s two children. Atticus is representing Tom Robinson, a young Black man that has been accused of raping a young white woman, in court. Over the story, Scout and Jem gain attention from the small town because their father helping a black man. Throughout the trial,
Scout and Jem learn life lessons about morality, justice, and what the right thing to do is. Despite obviously being proven innocent, Tom Robinson is found guilty and is sentenced to the electric chair. Atticus receives many threats from Bob Ewell, the prosecutor's father, that he will hurt Atticus. On the way home from a school dance, Scout and Jem are attacked by
Bob Ewell. The mysterious neighbor Boo Radley, comes out and grabs Ewell's knife then kills him with it. Altogether To Kill a …show more content…
He beats his daughter, Mayella Ewell when he finds out that she kissed a black man. At one point in time of the trial, Bob gathers a group to go and lynch Tom Robinson. When he goes to the jail, Scout is there and reminds him of innocence and that caused something in Bob to change his mind and leave. In one of the final scenes, Bob attacks Scout and Jem but is stopped by Boo Radley. This is a realistic character because there are people like Bob Ewell in this world today. Bob Ewell is not very vivid because he doesn't seem very complex from the descriptions of the