To Kill a Mockingbird(Round 2)

Book Update

    The book I am writing about is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. So far, the book is about the Finch family living in Maycomb County.There is talk about Atticus's case defending a Negro. One way this book illustrates the characteristics of a coming of age story is her transition from having lots of freedom to having to follow rules and social norms. She used to be able to do whatever she wanted at home to having to follow school rules and do what the teacher tells her.

Characterization

    Two characters in my novel are Jeremy "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. I know they are siblings because they live together and have the same last name. Jem often bosses Scout around but she plays along. They are very close and Jem always looks out for Scout. When she wants to go to the Radley house with him at night to retrieve his lost pants, he tells her not to come to protect her.

Characterization 2

    A character is telling this story using "I". Her name is Scout and she is thoughtful, but whiny at times. We get to hear Scout's thoughts on various topics, and we learn a lot about her town from her explanations. 

Setting

    A main location in the story is Maycomb County in Alabama. This location is important to the plot because many of the conflicts involve the residents of Maycomb and their personalities. 

Conflict 

    An obstacle Scout faces is getting into a fight with her family member who is one year older than her. He calls Scout's father, Atticus Finch, a n----- lover, and she starts to get mad. She punches him in the face, and when the parents come he blames it all on Scout and doesn't tell them what he said about Scout's father. Scout is extremely frustrated that all the parents don't believe her and that Uncle Jack thinks she broke her promise to him not to say bad words. However, later she tells Uncle Jack her perspective of the fight. Scout overhears her father talking about it to Uncle Jack and learns that she has to learn how to keep her temper because things will get harder as the trial starts.

Connection

    A part of the book I feel strongly about is when Jem angrily cuts Mrs. Dubose's camellias with Scout's baton. Atticus tells Jem to go apologize to Mrs. Dubose, and she makes him read to her every day after school. At first, I thought Mrs. Dubose was evil and racist, and even if she is those things, she was struggling with a morphine addiction. I admire her effort to try and get off the medication before she died.