Mockingbird So Far

The beginning of To Kill a Mocking Bird is about a woman’s childhood reminiscence. The protagonist, nicknamed Scout, lived in Maycomb County along with her brother and her father. The story was set during the Great Depression, when Scout was about 6 years old and starting her first year of school. In the summer before school starts, Dill came to stay in Maycomb County with his aunt. Dill is an interesting character. He is one year older than Scout and became her and her brother’s good friend. Dill was curious and mischievous and got Scout and her brother, Jem, interested in finding out about Boo Radley. When school started, Scout was the only child that could read in her class. However, the teacher was mad at her for being able to read. She wanted to start a new way of teaching and believed that Scout abilities will lessen her possibilities of accepting the new material. Scout spent a boring year of school until finally summer cam again and Dill is back.

So far, the character I am most interested about is Scout’s father, Atticus. Although not much have been written about him, he seemed like an intelligent and kind man. When Scout cam back and told her father what her teacher said, Atticus did not get mad. He was really understanding and advised Scout to be in her teachers shoes so she will understand how her teacher feels.