Literature Analysis Notes: To Kill A Mockingbird

Finch Family- Father is Atticus Finch and his children are Scout and Jem. They live with their maid named Calpurnia. The story takes place in Maycomb Alabama. The three kids, Scout, Jem, and Dill explore and sneak around the Radley property in the middle of the night. While they are sneaking around Nathan Radley shoots a gun at them, and while escaping Jem loses his pants. The next day Jem finds his pants mended and hung over the fence. The next winter, The kids find more things in the knothole of the tree on Boo Radley's property, but eventually Nathan plugs the knothole. A fire breaks out at a neighbor's house and while Scout is watching someone mysteriously puts a blanket on her shoulders. Atticus is dealing with a major conflict in Maycomb. A local black man named Tom Robinson is accused of rapping a white woman and since Atticus is a lawyer he defends Tom. Atticus provides a strong case that suggests her wounds are from her father but since the town and jury are extremely racist, Tom is convicted. Bob Ewel attacks Scout and Jem and Boo saves them and stabs Bob.