To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter summaries
Preface | It should be noted that the author precedes the first chapter with an epigraph by English writer Charles Lamb. It reads: … |
Chapters 1-4 | We meet six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, the narrator and protagonist. She and her brother Jeremy (“Jem”) … |
Chapters 5-7 | The kids make some subtle changes to the Boo Radley play-acting, in order to avoid getting caught. Dill proposes marriage to … |
Chapters 8-11 | Mrs. Radley dies, leaving, apparently, only Mr. Radley, and Boo. Winter arrives, with record-breaking cold. Snow … |
Chapters 12-15 | Mrs. Radley dies, leaving only Nathan and Boo at the Radley Place. Winter arrives, with record-breaking cold. Snow … |
Chapters 16-22 | Scout (who is eight-years-old by now) and Jem are witness to a vast number of people coming into town for the high-profile … |
Chapters 23-26 | Atticus dismisses the threats as the emotional rants of a humiliated man, and believes that the threats are empty. He gives … |
Chapters 27-31 | Bob Ewell earns a few days of gossip notoriety for actually getting a job, and then for immediately losing the job. … |