To Kill a Mockingbird-- plot summary

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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird begins with narrator, Scout Finch, introducing to the reader her brother Jem, her father Atticus, and her town, Maycomb, Alabama. She tells us a little of her family

history, and then begins her story :

It is the summer of 1933. Scout is five, and Jem is nine. They pass the summer happily with their new friend Dill, a six-year-old boy who has moved into their neighborhood for the summer. They

are very curious about one of their neighbors, Boo Radley, who hasn't been seen by any one for years. The children are scared of Boo because of the morbid legends about him. Dill resolves to get him to

come out of his house, but nothing comes of it that summer.

Scout dislikes school from the first morning. A few times when Scout and Jem walk home from school, they discover small gifts in the hollow oak tree at the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill

returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of Boo's story. One night they sneak up to the Radley house to look in at a window. Mr. Radley, Boo's uncle, chases

them off with a shotgun, and as the children flee Jem's pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clum

sily mended them where the fence tore them.

their birth in the Finch family and is determined to make Scout, a true tomboy, into a young lady.

she walks him home, she realizes what Boo must have thought as he watched her and Jem from his house through the years.

watch the fire from the street in front of the Radley's house, Boo Radley puts a blanket around Scout without her noticing.

even their cousin about their father being a "nigger-lover." Atticus advises the children to not let the insults bother them. Scout and Jem feel a little ashamed of their father, but when they find outthat he is famous around town for his markmanship, they become proud of their father for being who he is.

father. When they return home they find out to their dismay that their prim Aunt Alexandra has moved in to help Atticus take care of them. Their aunt tries to impress on them how proud they should be of

One night as Scout and Jem walk home from a Halloween party, Mr. Ewell Attacks them. Boo Radley hears their screams and saves them, but kills Mr. Ewell. Jem's arm is broken and he is knocked unconcious. The sheriff and Atticus decide to keep Boo's involvement a secret and tell everyone that Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Scout finally meets the quiet man she has dreamed of meeting for years. As

winter it snows and Jem build

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Approximate Word count = 900
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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