Mockingbird So Far

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about a woman’s childhood. The narrator is a young girl nicknamed Scout who lived in Maycomb, Alabama along with his father and brother. The story was set during the Great depression, when people were generally all pretty poor and still discriminating the African American. The chapter starts out describing Scout’s background that she lost her mom when she was only 2 and she spent most her time playing with her brother Jem and neighbor Dill. In the summer, the children would play games such as imitating the Radley family, a infamous family that is disliked by the Maycomb community, and playing dare games. Due to Scout’s precocious knowledge, being able to read difficult stories at a young age, she found school to be boring that it was too easy for her. Scout’s father Atticus Finch is the main focus of the story that through Scout’s perspective, the reader will discover how Black are treated during this time period and realistically depict how not all White are racists. Atticus is a well respected lawyer of the community, who treated everyone equally despite their race. Atticus discussed how black is like a mockingbird that does no harm to human, yet people are trying to kill it.