Scout Finch lives in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s. She lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus. Scout is telling the stories of her childhood from some point in the future. Scout has many experiences that shape her maturity and her outlook on society. In their early childhood, Scout and her brother Jem, along with mutual friend Dill, spend a lot of time together and understand each other. They all have interest in a mysterious neighbor named Boo Radley. Scout at first believes Boo to be a cruel, evil monster and much time is spent between the three discussing Boo and his reasons for staying inside the house all day. The Finches lives’ are pretty ordinary until Atticus is selected to defend a black man in court. The man is named
Scout is the main character of the story who lives in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. She lives with Jem, her brother, and Atticus, her father. It took place during The Great Depression, many people were affected and a lot lost their jobs but the Finch family weren’t affected that much because Atticus was a lawyer. Dill who came to Maycomb for the summer hangs with Jem and Scout and they make games up about Boo Radley and talk about him. Jem leaves when school starts and comes back next summer, they try to go inside of Boo Radley’s house but get scared when someone shoots and they run away. After that was over the case of Tom Robinson starts. Tom Robinson was a colored person that was accused of hurting a white women and Atticus
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of two siblings named Scout and Jem Finch being raised by their father, Atticus, and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout and Jem become interested in their neighbor, Arthur Bradley, referred to as “Boo.” There are numerous rumors and stories about the house Boo lives in as well as the people who’ve resided in it. Scout and Jem meet Dill who spends his summers in their town. Dill instantly becomes hooked on the idea to lure Boo Radley outside of his house.
Part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird is set in the fictional town called Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression and the civil rights movement. The novel is a flashback of Scout, the narrator of the book, and her childhood. Scouts childhood trials and tribulations, her family and other members of the community in which she lives with her brother Jem. Atticus their father is a lawyer who is widowed. In the flash back Scout talks about her brother, her and Dill getting curious about what Arthur “Boo” Radley looks like since they have only heard rumors. To the children Boo is a very mysterious character.
Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb, Alabama, and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. Throughout the story Harper Lee portrays Atticus Finch as a courageous, wise man that is filled with integrity.
Growing up isn’t just being a year older it’s more about the journey along the way, understanding of life, and change. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the characters learn that grow in age and understanding. The book, To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the great depression, in a small town called Maycomb. Throughout the town a lot of people believe in discrimination and think it is right. But there are some people like Atticus, Scout, and Jem who believe there is just one kind of folks, folks.
The novel to Kill a Mockingbird, is about a young girl named Jean Louise Finch. She is also known as Scout. Scout experiences different events that change her life. Scout and her brother Jem are being raised by their father, a lawyer named Atticus and a housekeeper named Calpumia in a small town called Maycomb. In the South racism and discriminations towards black was a big issue . The story begins when Scout and her brother, become fascinated with a mysterious man known as Boo Radley. Scout and Jem meet boy named Dill who comes from Mississippi to spend the summers there. Jem quickly tells the story of Boo Radley to young Dill. Boo Radley, a man in his thirties who has not been seen outside of his home in years, mainly because of
Slavery was abolished in 1865 by Abraham Lincoln. Although the blacks were free they were not “equal” making the next set of laws which were the Jim Crow laws which were passed in 1890 with the quote “Separate but equal.” Harper Lee writes a novel placing the setting in the Deep South, during the 1930’s. During the 1930’s, the Jim Crow laws of segregation were established. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Lee writes an eye opener about the racism in the Deep South.
town. The story focuses on the Finch family; father and lawyer Atticus, tom-boy daughter Scout, and pre-teen son Jem. The
In the taletelling community of Maycomb, in south Alabama during the 1930s, a compassionate man is misjudged and treated unkindly because rumors spread about him portraying him as insane and dangerous. Boo Radley, a character from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a shy man with an unfortunate past, who stays in his home all day due to the hurtful lies his neighbors tell. Two young children, Jean Louise “Scout” and Jem Finch believe the neighborhood gossip, and stay far away from Boo Radley, but after a turn of events they begin to see the real Boo Radley and realize that he is not the monster others portray him as. The children appreciate Boo Radley’s generosity towards them, and they change their opinion of Boo and the
Scout Finches is a small town kid who lives with her brother, Jem, and father, Atticus, who is a lawyer in the town. In the novel Scout and Jem Finches gather with their summer friend Dill, carrying on small game and adventures, many of them involving “Boo Radley”. Radley is not very social
" To which he replies, " 'don't say [ni--ers] Scout. It isn't polite" (Lee 122). Although Scout realizes that Atticus has indirectly answered her question, she is still undecided as to whether or not she should subscribe to Maycomb's intolerance, since she is still quite impressionable, and contests Atticus's decisions. Furthermore, her impressionability, apart from its derivation from her gender, undoubtedly forces Scout and her generation to become the key towards social change, and right the wrong that injustice imposes upon various individuals. Scout's age and gender encumber her ability to form her own opinions throughout the novel. Yet, Atticus conveys the importance of morality and equality by demonstrating a level of acceptance towards his client and his client's ethnicity. It is not that Scout underestimates her father, but rather, that she is very young, perhaps too young, to understand his motive and the prejudice that is attached to his case. Likewise, the Finch's neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley, serves to teach Scout the harm in discrimination during three separate summers. Although Boo is made the subject of games that involve him as a murdering maniac, he becomes, "a compelling enigma […] that also represents Scout's most personal lesson in judging others based [solely] upon surface appearance" (Felty 299). For her entire life, Scout has always
scout and Jem Finch are growing up in the tired old Alabama town of Maycomb. Their father, Atticus, is the local lawyer and as a single parent tries to raise his children with honor and respect to their individualism. With the Depression on times are hard,
Background Information: The time period that To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in is the Great Depression (1929-1939). Scout Finch lives with her widowed father, Atticus Finch, and her brother, Jem Finch. Scout and Jem befriend a boy named Dill. The three of them become extremely interested in the Radley Place, a spooky house on the street that they live. A man named Arthur “Boo” Radley had lived in that house for years without ever going outside.
The story begins as Scout describes her family history and her town, Maycomb during the time of the Great Depression. Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society. She and her brother, Jem, meet Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the children share stories and fantasies about the mystery man who lives near by. The man’s name is Arthur, or Boo, Radley. The house
Atticus Finch is a lawyer, a father, an outsider, and a self-spoken human being who was inspired by his kids to be the man that he is. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is the father of Jem Finch and Scout Finch (the main character of the story). In the story, Atticus is a lawyer that is not well liked, but has the respect of the citizens of Maycomb County, Alabama—one of the most segregated parts of the U.S. at the time. Atticus takes the racism of the County and carries it on his shoulders while the weight of pressure being put on him continues to grow. In the midst of this, the people of Maycomb sometimes seem grateful to Atticus for his willingness to carry that weight, whereas others seem unappreciative.