To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about Scout and Jem and their story as they watch their small home of Maycomb, Alabama turn from slow and gloomy to a racially tensioned town. Before the action starts, the siblings meet Dill, who is fascinated with the mysterious Boo Radley, who never leaves his house and it is rumored that he killed his family. The action grows as a spark sends the story into its main act when Mrs. Maude’s home burns to the ground. As Scout watches the fire in awe, Boo sneaks out and covers her with a blanket. This starts to give off the impression that Boo isn’t as bad as he is said to be. As they grow older, Jem becomes more distant from Scout and the special bond they have formed begins to fray. As the story progresses, their eyes are opened so they can see …show more content…
Scout is confused so she confronts her father Atticus, who is defending Tom in the case. Atticus explains that everyone should have a fair trial and that he will prove that Tom is innocent. As tensions rise, Atticus is threatened and treated harshly because he is defending a black man, but Atticus stays true to his promise of defending Tom and caries on. As the trial starts, Jem and Scout sneak into the colored section to watch and notice that Mayella is very nervous. She is always checking behind her to look at her father, Bob Ewell, who is the least respected man in the town. Atticus starts with simple questions and when he notices that she was getting uncomfortable he dig deep and proves that it was Bob who beat Mayella and blamed it on Tom. But even that couldn’t change the minds of the racist men of the jury who sentenced Tom to death for rape. Bob threatened Atticus after the trial because he had destroyed the last bit of respect that he had in the town. One day while Jem and Dill were swimming, and Scout was with the Maycomb ladies, Atticus told them that Tom had been shot and killed while escaping from