To Kill a Mockingbird

A detailed Summary of To Kill a Mockingbird

Scout learns a lot about life through the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the first few chapters, Scout is completely innocent to the world, but all through the book, she learns of life and the things it holds. She learns of prejudice, cruelty, as well as how to react to certain points in life. For instance, taking a look at something from another point of view. Scout learns quite a bit throughout this novel.

People can be cruel and very unknowing. Some of the first examples of this happen in the school. Miss Caroline is a teacher, born and bred in the city. But now she's teaching in the country. These two places, the city and the country, are completely different areas, both socially and physically. She knows nothing of how Maycomb works. A good example of her not knowing Maycomb happens with one of the Cunninghams and an Ewell.

" "Here's a quarter," she said to Walter. "Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow." Walter shook his head. "Nome thank you ma'am," he drawled softly..."Go on and tell her, Scout."..."Miss Caroline, he's a Cunningham." " -Pg 19-20

Those quotes show how a little bit about the Cunninghams. They do not accept money in any form because they have the pride to not take it, h

Scout was a naturally short-tempered girl. So she tended to get into a lot of fights. " Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt..." -Pg 22. Later, Atticus learns and acknowledges Scout's behavior. So he teaches her to hold her head high and to ignore the other comments. This also brings up a theme of To Kill a Mockingbird. Before you judge someone, you must first walk in their shoes. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view". -Pg 33. From this, Scout was able to endure Aunt Alexandra's ranting about Scout becoming a lady. However, she still had some times when she just forgot to do this and exploded in anger. "This time I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth." -Pg 84

"Mr. Radley's boy was not seen again for fifteen years." -Pg 10

owever, they always get by. Miss Caroline doesn't know this, so Scout had to explain a bit about them. The next one shows how an Ewell child acts as well as another example of Miss Caroline's poor amount of knowledge of Maycomb.

"Atticus was trying to show, it seemed to me, that Mr. Ewell could have beaten up Mayella. That much I could follow. If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of the face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it." -Pg 178

Through her experiences, Scout has learned about life and the people in it. All through this was her local "legend", Boo. Boo was a mysterious entity that lived in the Radley house. Scout wanted to meet Bo

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Approximate Word count = 1053
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels