The main family in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird was the Finch's. This family consisted of Scout (Jean Louise), Jem, and Atticus. Throughout the book we had watched as the kids grew up and dealt with Maycomb, the town they lived in, perspective on many different things. The narrator Scout walks the readers through her childhood and the lessons that she learns. Atticus, her father, teaches her and her brother, Jem, different life skills by showing them right from wrong. Maycomb, Alabama, the town which the novel takes place, is filled with prejudice people, and the kids learn that as they grow up. The family had a different perspective of the world unlike other families. This is because of Atticus and the way he raises them. He is also defending a black man in a trial.
The plot in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird begins with Scout explaining her family history, and telling the readers that further events happen before Jem broke his arm. As the book continues Jem, Scout, and their friend Dill talk about the mysterious Boo Radley, and how he has been locked up inside his house and they tried to get him to come out over the coarse of the book.The first major event in the book To Kill A Mockingbird was in fact the arrival of the mad dog. The dog supposedly had rabies and Atticus was forced to kill it before it hurt anyone. Then, later on in the novel it snows, something that almost never happens in Maycomb. Jem and Scout make a snowman out of mud and snow, and Miss Maudie, the neighbor, had told them it was wrong. A little bit later Miss Maudies house catches on fire and melts the snowman.
The trial that took place in To Kill A Mockingbird was about a man named Tom Robinson and a lady named Mayella Ewell. Mayella accused Tom of rape. Atticus ended up being Tom's lawyer in this seemingly impossible case. Meanwhile, the children are seeing more and more racism in their town. During this time period, African Americans did not have much of a voice but Atticus was one of the best lawyers in Maycomb. This situation makes for a captivating trial, keeping the reader on the edge of their seat, wanting to know if Tom is guilty or not. This was partially because everyone in the town thought he was going to lose the trial but Atticus was so good at what he does that this was the only time an African American had even the slightest chance of being proven not guilty
While all of this is going on, the villain of the novel, Bob Ewell, who is mayella's father, is angry at Atticus. He is a very racist man so when Atticus agreed to help Tom, he was furious. Bob constantly tries to start arguments with the Finches. He swears that he will get revenge on the family for loving African Americans. He even goes ahead and tries to get his anger out on the children at the end of the novel. This just goes to show how amazingly To Kill A Mockingbird does at showing how racist society was. It truly was an awakening story because of this.
To sum up, To Kill A Mockingbird was a greatly written novel. There were many times throughout the plot where the story would get so interesting that you were on the edge of your seat or you just wanted to throw the book. It makes you feel things just like any good book should. It is filled with symbolism and foreshadowing and looking back and realizing just how much of it there was that you didn't notice, really makes you see how amazingly written it is. It was a great book to discuss in class. During discussions, we were able to take time to really see ann of the foreshadowing and symbolism that we may have missed if we didn't talk about the novel. We highly recommend this book.
We rate this novel 5 mockingbirds out of 5 mockingbirds.
The plot in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird begins with Scout explaining her family history, and telling the readers that further events happen before Jem broke his arm. As the book continues Jem, Scout, and their friend Dill talk about the mysterious Boo Radley, and how he has been locked up inside his house and they tried to get him to come out over the coarse of the book.The first major event in the book To Kill A Mockingbird was in fact the arrival of the mad dog. The dog supposedly had rabies and Atticus was forced to kill it before it hurt anyone. Then, later on in the novel it snows, something that almost never happens in Maycomb. Jem and Scout make a snowman out of mud and snow, and Miss Maudie, the neighbor, had told them it was wrong. A little bit later Miss Maudies house catches on fire and melts the snowman.
The trial that took place in To Kill A Mockingbird was about a man named Tom Robinson and a lady named Mayella Ewell. Mayella accused Tom of rape. Atticus ended up being Tom's lawyer in this seemingly impossible case. Meanwhile, the children are seeing more and more racism in their town. During this time period, African Americans did not have much of a voice but Atticus was one of the best lawyers in Maycomb. This situation makes for a captivating trial, keeping the reader on the edge of their seat, wanting to know if Tom is guilty or not. This was partially because everyone in the town thought he was going to lose the trial but Atticus was so good at what he does that this was the only time an African American had even the slightest chance of being proven not guilty
While all of this is going on, the villain of the novel, Bob Ewell, who is mayella's father, is angry at Atticus. He is a very racist man so when Atticus agreed to help Tom, he was furious. Bob constantly tries to start arguments with the Finches. He swears that he will get revenge on the family for loving African Americans. He even goes ahead and tries to get his anger out on the children at the end of the novel. This just goes to show how amazingly To Kill A Mockingbird does at showing how racist society was. It truly was an awakening story because of this.
To sum up, To Kill A Mockingbird was a greatly written novel. There were many times throughout the plot where the story would get so interesting that you were on the edge of your seat or you just wanted to throw the book. It makes you feel things just like any good book should. It is filled with symbolism and foreshadowing and looking back and realizing just how much of it there was that you didn't notice, really makes you see how amazingly written it is. It was a great book to discuss in class. During discussions, we were able to take time to really see ann of the foreshadowing and symbolism that we may have missed if we didn't talk about the novel. We highly recommend this book.
We rate this novel 5 mockingbirds out of 5 mockingbirds.