![]() ![]() The kids sneak over to see, and it's pretty apparent (to us, at least) that the white woman, Mayella Ewell, is lying. ![]() Good luck.įinally, it's the day of Tom Robinson's trial. Oh, and meanwhile, Aunt Alexandra has shown up to teach the kids some family pride and, in Scout's case, ladylike behavior. Over the summer, Jem and Scout learn important lessons about race (black people don't much like white people their black cook Calpurnia has a whole life and world of her own), and they also learn that Tom Robinson's been accused of raping a white woman. While a sleepy Scout stands on the street trying not to freeze, someone drapes a blanket over her shoulders without her noticing: turns out that someone was Boo Radley, and it freaks Scout out that he was right there and she didn't even notice.Īt school, Scout gets flak from her classmates because her father, a lawyer, has taken on a new client, a black man named Tom Robinson. That winter, disaster strikes: Miss Maudie's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Nathan Radley (Boo's brother) has filled in the knothole with cement. This lasts until the following fall, when they find that Mr. She tells Jem about it, and soon they find other treasures hidden in the same place, including finely-carved soap figurines of Scout and Jem themselves. One day she notices something odd: a couple of pieces of gum stuck in a hole in the tree. The Radley Place is in between Scout's house and school, so she has to go by it every day, usually at top speed. ![]() Every summer, Scout and Jem are joined by Dill Harris, who shares their obsession with the local haunted house, the Radley Place, and the boogeyman who lives there, Boo Radley.įall comes, Dill leaves and Scout starts school. Like the Finch family: scrappy tomboy Scout Finch, her older brother Jem Finch and their father Atticus Finch. Few people move in, fewer move out, so it's just the same families doing the same things for generation after generation. The place: The small town of Maycomb, Alabama, finalist for Most Boring Town in America. The book: To Kill a Mockingbird (winner of the Pulitzer Prize and kind-of-a-big-deal piece of American literature). Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Novel Summary ![]()
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