To Kill a Mockingbird Review

Chapter 1

Scout narrates story and starts by telling about Jem breaking his arm. Then she talks about how Simon Finch (early ancestor) came to America an established the Finches Landing. It supported the family for many years. Atticus was one of the first to make a living away from the farm as a lawyer in Maycomb. Uncle Jack also started making a living away from the farm as a doctor. Then Alexandria stayed on the farm. She explains how Maycomb is boring and poor due to the great depression. She talks of how her mother died when she was 2 from a heart attack. Then they meet Dill. Dill plays with them and likes to have them act out things but when they get bored they decide to get Boo to come out. Boo was locked in because otherwise he had to go to a boarding school and Mr. Radley doesn’t want that so they lock him up.

Chapter 2

Dill goes home to Meridian. Her first day of school sucks because her teacher is mediocre. Miss Caroline tells Scout to tell Atticus not to teach her to read anymore. Scout argues with her. When she tells Jem, he tells her she is just teaching a new method. Later Miss Caroline sees Walter doesn’t have a lunch and tries to give him money but he won’t take it. Scout tried to explain to the teacher that he doesn’t take what he can’t pay back. Miss Caroline gets mad at scout and slaps her with a ruler.

Chapter 3

Scout got mad at Walter for getting her in trouble so she beat him up. Jem breaks it up and invites Walter to lunch. Walter and Atticus talk about farm stuff at lunch because Atticus knows Walter is smart even if it’s not in school, it’s in farming. Then Walter poor’s syrup all over his food and scout asks him what the hell he is doing. Calpurnia scolds scout for criticizing a guest then slaps her. Then when they go back to school, Miss Caroline sees a bug crawl out of a Burris Ewell’s and freaks out. Then he leaves and she tells him to bathe before coming back to school but he only comes to school the first day so he doesn’t get in trouble with the law.

Chapter 4

As the school year slowly goes on, one day after school while walking hone she sees gum sticking out of a tree by the Radley’s, so she chews it and when she gets home, she tells Jem where she got it and he makes her spit it out. Then on the last day of school they find 2 Indian head coins. When Dill returns they play a game and Scout got into a tire and the boys rolled her but Jem was mad at her for something so he did it harder and it landed her in the Radley’s yard. She gets out then it gives Dill an idea. His idea is to act out the Radley’s life and reenact the story of how Boo stabbed his dad with scissors. Atticus figures it out and tells them not to but they deny that’s what they were playing. They go on, more cautious of hiding it.

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