To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Summary

To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by an older Scout who ages from six to eight throughout the novel. It takes place in Maycomb an imaginary town in Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout her brother Jem and their summer friend Dill hear stories about their neighbor Boo Radley and why he never comes out of his house. Dill is fascinated by Boo and tries to convince Scout and Jem to help him lure Boo outside he even dares Jem to run over and touch the house. When summer is over Dill goes back to the meridian and Scout goes to school for the first time. She gets in a fight with Walter Cunningham because he got her into trouble but Jem invites Walter for dinner. Atticus Finch is asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman,

Atticus knows he can't win but he accepts because of his sense of justice and self-respect. Many people in Maycomb start saying awful things about Atticus and Scout gets very angry. Scouts aunt thinks that she needs a feminine influence so she moves in with them.
Dill runs away from home because his mother and new father did not pay enough attention to him.
A week after Dill’s arrival, a group of men led by the sheriff, Heck Tate, come to Atticus’s house. As his trial isgetting closer, Tom Robinson is to be moved to the Maycomb jail, and there are concerns about the possibility of a mob. Later, Jem tells Scout that Alexandra and Atticus have been arguing about the trial. The following evening, Atticus takes the car into town. Jem Dill and Scout sneak out of the house and follow Atticus to the town center. They see him sitting in front of the Maycomb jail. Four cars drive into Maycomb and