The novel is set in the fictional county of Maycomb, Alabama on around the 1930's. During the decade that followed, there was a great shortage of jobs and a lot of poverty in the south, therefore many blacks moved to the north for work.

Jean-Louise Finch, or "Scout" as she is known throughout the story, narrates the novel. She is the youngest of a family of three: her brother - Jeremy and her father, a lawyer - Atticus Finch. They also have a maid, Calpurnia, or "Cal," who came every day as Jem and Scout's mother had died when they were younger.

The main plot of the novel deals with a court case, of which Atticus is representing Tom Robinson; a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell; a white girl from a poor family. As prejudice rages strongly in the 1930's, both racial and class-consc

More and more confrontations went by between Mrs Dubose and the children until one day, Jem had enough:

Heck Tate came off the porch and approached the dog. He turned to Atticus and said, "You were a little to the right, Mr Finch." At seeing this, Jem and Scout were "paralysed," they never thought their father; the feeble fifty year-old could shoot with such precision.

Once Jem and Scout had returned from going into the town, they were stopped once again by Mrs Dubose.

"Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty,"

Harper Lee is building up the tension in this scene by prolonging each and every movement, such as:

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Approximate Word count = 1978
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)