What happens in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Answer 1

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Jem and Scout are the two children of Atticus Finch, a Southern lawyer. Finch accepts taking a legal case that involves defending a Black man named Tom Robinson. In the trial, everyone speaks their words. Bob Ewell lies and accuses Robinson of harming his daughter, Mayella.

Mayella says the same. Tom Robinson says that he did not harm Mayella in any way, and that he felt "right sorry for her". As usual in the racist 1960s in the South, a black man was put up against a white man and lost, even with Finch on his side.

Robinson was later shot multiple times and killed.

Later in the year, while walking home from their school after a performance, Jem and Scout are almost killed by an anonymous man and Jem's arm is broken. It is revealed that the man was Bob Ewell, and that he died, as well. Scout learns that the man who rescued Jem and Scout is Boo Radley, the man they had been scared of for a long time.

Scout feels bad that she has been doubting Radley all her life because he gave her and Scout their lives.

Answer 2

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Atticus Finch, a Caucasian Southern lawyer defends Tom Robinson, a black man.

In the trial, the black man loses to Bob Ewell (a racist white man) as usual in the 60s.

Tom Robinson is later shot down and killed while trying to escape from jail.

Bob Ewell later turns on Atticus Finch, hating him now.

He goes homicidal and tries to kill the Finch children (Jem and Scout) but is rescued by Boo Radley.

It is revealed that Ewell got killed from falling on his own knife.

Scout feels disappointed that Radley is the one who saved her life, since she didn't give him anything back.

Answer 3

In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Scout Finch narrates her experiences growing up in the racially charged southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. The story revolves around her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white woman. The novel explores themes of morality, racism, and justice.