To Kill A Mocking Bird- Synopsis

Having read the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, I have learnt much about racism and the enthralling storyline captivates me. This novel is an amusing and entertaining one, although part of it is about serious issues of rape and racial inequality. It is about the main character's father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer, serving as a moral hero by trying to help Tom Robinson, a black man who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white lady. This story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, and the main characters are Scout Finch, Jem Finch, Atticus Finch, Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia, Arther "Boo" Radley, Bob Ewell, Dill Harris, Miss Maudie Atkinson, Tom Robinson, Link Deas, Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, Nathan Radley, Heck Tate, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Dolphus Raymond, Mr. Walter Cunningham, Walter Cunningham.

Synopsis
Every summer Scout and Jem are joined by Dill Harris, who shares their obsession with the local haunted house, the Radley Place, and the boogeyman who lives there, Boo Radley. Jem makes up hair-raising stories about Boo’s bloodthirsty ways, but that just makes Dill want to see him all the more.

During winter, Miss Maudie’s house catches on fire and burns to the ground. While Scout sleepily stands on the street trying not to freeze, someone drapes a blanket over her shoulders without her noticing; it turns out that someone was Boo Radley.

At school, Scout gets critisism from her classmates because her father, a lawyer, has taken on a new client, an African-American man named Tom Robinson over a rape case.

At the trial, Sheriff Tate testifies that Mr. Ewell and his daughter Mayella told him that Tom had beaten and raped Mayella, but that he hadn’t called a doctor to examine her. Tate also says that Mayella’s worst injuries were on the right side of her face. Tom Robinson, the only witness for the defense, gave a very different version of events, in which Mayella was trying to kiss him despite his refusals when Mr. Ewell showed up and Tom ran.Tom died later on when he was shot while trying to escape from the prison. This was an innocent live lost.

Later on, Scout and Jem find out that Arthur Radley was not scary after all. Both of them have a different perspective towards the Radley house, and they are not afraing of him anymore.