Dear Reader,
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, you will meet the Finch family down in Alamba during the 1930s. Scout and her brother, Jem go on many adventures. Many of them include their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. Nobody in their whole neighborhood has seen or even heard of any new news of Boo since he was a teenager and stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. The children both think that he creeps the town at night. Jem and Scout both makes friend with Dill, a boy that visits their hometown of Maycomb each summer. All three of them try to get closer and closer to revealing who Boo really is.
As time goes on, the kids grow older and they stalk Boo less often. Atticus, Jem and Scout's father is lawyer and has decided to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a woman in the town. As this book was set in the 1930s, negros still were not treated equally so the whole town thought that Atticus was crazy for trying to defend one. Sometimes kids and adults would both make fun of Atticus to Scout or Jem. Scout is not lady-like, so she would straight up beat the mocking kids up for it. Once Mrs. Dubose, the Finch's old, very rude neighbor, was telling the kids that Atticus was not right for trying to defend a colored man. Jem got so upset that he ripped out all of her precious flowers. Instead of technically punishing them, Atticus made him and Scout read to her every day.
After the trial, Bob Ewell, the man that accused Tom Robinson for raping his daughter, was still outraged on how Atticus tried to defend him. He even threatened Atticus that he wasn't done with him. Atticus was not alarmed by Mr. Ewell. Atticus thought that he was getting out his angry but wouldn't actually do any harm.
Towards the end of the story, Boo Radley is finally exposed when he shows how much he truly cares about the Finch children.
Sincerely,
Paije Sletten & Katie Schiltz
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, you will meet the Finch family down in Alamba during the 1930s. Scout and her brother, Jem go on many adventures. Many of them include their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. Nobody in their whole neighborhood has seen or even heard of any new news of Boo since he was a teenager and stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. The children both think that he creeps the town at night. Jem and Scout both makes friend with Dill, a boy that visits their hometown of Maycomb each summer. All three of them try to get closer and closer to revealing who Boo really is.
As time goes on, the kids grow older and they stalk Boo less often. Atticus, Jem and Scout's father is lawyer and has decided to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a woman in the town. As this book was set in the 1930s, negros still were not treated equally so the whole town thought that Atticus was crazy for trying to defend one. Sometimes kids and adults would both make fun of Atticus to Scout or Jem. Scout is not lady-like, so she would straight up beat the mocking kids up for it. Once Mrs. Dubose, the Finch's old, very rude neighbor, was telling the kids that Atticus was not right for trying to defend a colored man. Jem got so upset that he ripped out all of her precious flowers. Instead of technically punishing them, Atticus made him and Scout read to her every day.
After the trial, Bob Ewell, the man that accused Tom Robinson for raping his daughter, was still outraged on how Atticus tried to defend him. He even threatened Atticus that he wasn't done with him. Atticus was not alarmed by Mr. Ewell. Atticus thought that he was getting out his angry but wouldn't actually do any harm.
Towards the end of the story, Boo Radley is finally exposed when he shows how much he truly cares about the Finch children.
Sincerely,
Paije Sletten & Katie Schiltz