1

To kill a
Mockingbird
the
story happens 1933-1935 in
Maycomb Alabama
It's ,

a
small and town
sleepy in the

deep South
of the United States .

It's the Great depression

suffering through
the book tells us about what a

6 Scout
yo Finch learns about
life .

We can see her character

growth
through the book .
She leans she
shouldn't
to
judge people before she gets
know them .
 characters

Scout finch -
about to to turn six at the
beginning of
"Jean Louise" the book and

eight when it ends

expressive, energetic & agressive
- he learns the world and
about
equality.

Jen Finch - Scouts brother, 4

years
older
Scouts close conganior
wants to be a
football playe
Aficus Finch - scouts Glen's dad a
lawyer, doesn't
make Much
money because his
clients
His
your. His wife died.
are
humor
dry. Wants his kids to
is

be moral. He is
one of the Jew
residents of Maycomb commitedto
xc al
equality
Calgurnia -
The cook. She is dark skinned
She is the childrens bridge
between the white and black
world.

Arthur'Boo"- faces stagnation. He is

locked Havert left

Radley away.
the house
He is the
in
any years.
"mockingbird" of
the
book
Bob Ewell Mayella'sfather-he standsug
-

for his
daughter. His very
goor and
always donk

Mayella Ewell -

Bob Ewell's
daughter.
Falsly accused Tom Robinson
of raging her.

Tom Robinson -

Ablack no accused
of ↓

white
raging woman
a

Atticus was defending him

in
court. He is also are

of the
1

novels
mockingbirds
0.11- Jens and scouts friend
"Charles from the
Bake
neighborhood.
Harrigi
senthusiastic, childish
He
haycomb during
visits
summer

As children Jen and Will used

to
pretend they were engaged.
His
no
real
family is erratic
insecure. His real family
are the Finches. He represents
both childhood innocence
no friendshie
 BOO RADLEY

Hasnt been
'

seen outside for

many years
because of a
crime he comilted the
in
past
and his abusive father didnt let him leave
house
the since then .

Jen Scout and wonder

,
☐ in what he is like ,

One
and stories about him .
of them
says
that he stabbed his father :
leg with scissors .

The children
him
monster In
imagine as an old
,
grumpy
he
reality friendly
is

very
.

but haven't
left his
house in
and is many years
just very traumatised .

•
The kids wanted to him note
pass a but
Atticus said it will be better to leave
him alone
to peak
.

They sneak into his yard and tried

at him
While through the window .

running away gem ripped his pants

The next
.

folded day they were sewed together and

neatly .

Later Arthur them

gifted
chewing gum and
figures carved in
•
In the soap .

end Boo kills Bob Ewell

to protect
Jen and scout
 the lessons
1
you don't understand someone until
you
put yourself in their shoes

It took while to learn it

a
for scout .

You shouldn't judge anyone / because

you
don't
know their situation and their feelings .

2
you don't kill mockingbirds
The kids allowed
were
to shoot
any
birds they wanted to except mockingbirds
mockingbirds do not cause any harm
'

or eat anyone 's plants

a
mockingbird methaphorically
-

someone who
-

is weaker / smaller
than you

to kill to take
a
mockingbird __

advantage of someone weaker than

you .

The lesson Scout learnt is to treat

everyone with respect .
 White people Black people
dominate the
the
city are
minority
-
-

have have
rights
-

more
very few rights
-

discriminate black are

discriminated
-

people .

are the victims

-

are racist of
racism

employ black
-

people
-

Serve whites
-

educated -
don't have access
to
education
Tom Robinson
gets falsly accused of
-

taping a white woman ( Maryellen Ewell ) .

He knew he lose because

gonna
was

everyone is racist .

Jen and scout are made fun

being
-

of because their dad is

protecting a

black man
.

Jem and scout to the

-

go court to see

the process , they realize Tom is innocent

 COURTHOUSE

Maryellen Ewell claims she wanted Tom to

do some work
for her and when he
done
,

was
he came to her house beat
her ,

up and raped her Then her

.
father
walked in
and scared him
away
-

Tom Robinson says that

his hands around Mayella Wrapped
him
kiss and started to
him but he
Then pushed her
away
Magellan 's father came and beat
.

her
up while Tom ran
away
.

Mayella had
-

a bruise on the right side

of her
face which could
, prove
TOM 's innocence because his left hand
was disabled while Bob Ewell
uses
,
mainly
his
left hand .

Jen scout
-

and ☐ ill
secretly sneaked into
,

the
courthouse to see the and
they realized that Tom is
process
innocent
but ,

realized how racist the people in

the town are after the judge
didn't
believe Tom .
 JEM 'S BROKEN ARM -

narrative device
( backstory )
In the
beginning of book Scout
•

the
,

says that her brother Jem broke his

arm and proceeds to explain what

happened ,
but says she needs to go
back to provide the necessary context
When
.

she says that

we he broke
some
may assume
innocent childhood
it
during
games After .

she proceeds to tell the

story ,

we learn the dark truth behind it .

what
actually happened ?
When
Jen
•

and Scout were

coming back
from the Halloween
paegmt ,
Jem heard
some

friend
voices .

They thought it's

just their
messing around with them but
it turned
,

that it Mr Ewell
was who
has
suffered as
.

result
of
a

Atticus 's defense of Tom

Robinson .

Jem broke the

his arm in
struggle .

At the end we understand the

dark , complicated story behind Jen 's
broken arm .
MAVCOMB 'S REACTION TO TOM

ROBINSON 'S DEATH

Tom Robinson accused
was
of raping a white
19
yo woman ,
Mayeda Ewell .

Despite his
innocence he loses the case ( mainly
because his skin
of color and Bob Ewell 's
lies ) and
gets sentenced to to prison
go
During
.

his
attempt to escape he
shot
,
gets
17 times
by the guards .

The black members of the

were
upset and
society
but
angry
couldn't share their they
opinion
Racist white
.

a
black
people were
glad that
man was humbled .

They were glad about how it

turned out .
Bob Ewell was glad
that his lies worked .

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Critical thinking skills / critical writing
-
there's no
right
wrong
or

we answer
can make
back it
a statement and then
up with
argumentation
-
think
objectively .

get evidence

prove your point or

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if Chris Rook
was
white
Will Smith
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have
hit him
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