to killa mocking bird

Andrew deGroen
4/01/09
Period 2
To killa Mockingbird
In Harper lee’s famous book to killa mockingbird there are many important characters such as jem and scout and Atticus. Which changed a lot in understanding the different things during the rough times in the 1930’s in the great depression and the beginning of civil rights movement. Jem is just becoming a teenager if you could say because he is going through puberty and learns a lot about the people through Atticus. Scout is a tomboy that is a good girl but is not afraid to fight. Dill is scout and jem’s neighbor that came to their neighborhood in the summer. And he becomes interested in boo radley.

Jem is a very helpful and nice but can be mean sometimes. One time jem had to break up scouts fight with a boy at school. He tells scout to be nice because she can be racist and mean to other people. Then jem is being nice to the kid scout fought and invites him to dinner. Also jem is getting interested in people so he is learning from Atticus. Last jem saved scouts life you can say in the end when they get attacked by bob Ewell. Bob Ewell sneaked up to them and attacked them. Jem fought him off and told scout to run but she didn’t. Jem got pretty beat up during this battle. Jem is an unrespectable person.

Scout changes a lot during the book. Scout got in fight with the Cunningham boy because Atticus was fighting for tom Robinson and the Boy Scout fought was running against tom. Then jem breaks up the fight and invites the boy over to dinner where scout continues to be mean to him. Later on in the book scout starts to understand and defend tom Robinson because she believes he did not rape the lady. Then towards the end of the book the kids scout and jem get attacked and scout seen who saved them which she never thought would save them because they have heard rumors about boo radley who supposable killed someone saved them. Now they are friends at the end of the book and she is thankful of him.

Atticus is a very wise man and teaches many people many things. He is the town attorney and helps a lot of people out especially Boo radley. He takes a lot of hard things because he is helping him out. People are mean to him and one man even spit on him. Atticus was the better man and didn’t do anything back. In the end Atticus proves Boo radley did not rape that lady. Also Atticus teaches scout and jem how to be good people and how to understand things about when they lived. He teaches them not to be racist and many other important things. Atticus is a nice and helpful man.

In the book to killa mocking bird there are many important characters that change a lot in the book. jem is growing up to be a good man. Scout is learning more and more every day. And Atticus helps out many people every day. These are the main characters in the book to killa mocking bird.