Why does Atticus keep his markmanship a secret? Atticus kept this a secret because he didn’t want Scout and Jem to look up to all of Atticus’s past.  As a child you would look up to your parents talents and… Continue Reading →

In this chapter we learn a lot about atticus. Attics and Uncle Jack have a talk about scout and atticus defending a negro. Scout in the back is listening. A quotation was ‘Many years later I realised he (Atticus) wanted… Continue Reading →

After school has begun for the year, Jem tells Scout that he found the pants mysteriously mended and hung neatly over the fence. When they come home from school they find another present hidden in the knothole it was a… Continue Reading →

Jem and Dill obey Atticus until Dill’s last day in Maycomb, when he and Jem plan to sneak over to the Radley Place and peek in through a loose shutter. Scout accompanies them, and they creep around the house, peering… Continue Reading →

Jem and Dill grow closer together, and Scout begins to feel left out of their friendship. As a result, she starts spending much of her time with one of their neighbors, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a widow with a passion for… Continue Reading →

Chapter Four: The rest of the school year passes badly for Scout, who faces a curriculum that moves too slowly and leaves her constantly frustrated in class. After school one day, she passes the Radley Place and sees some tinfoil… Continue Reading →

In chapter three at lunch Scout rubs Walters nose with dirt for getting her in trouble but Jem stops scout and invites Walter to lunch. At the Finch house, Walter and Atticus discuss farm conditions, and Walter puts molasses all over… Continue Reading →

In chapter two Dill leaves Maycomb to return to the town Merridian. Scout prepares to go to school for the first time. Once scout gets to school she meets her new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher who deals poorly with children…. Continue Reading →

Morning 6:00am the alarm clock is beeping louder than it ever has before, why is this? Maybe it’s because I’m very tired. Terrified to open the curtains leading to a beaming light being forced into my eyes, I’m horrified. Time… Continue Reading →

“A chameleon lady” Chameleon: A small lizard with long legs that is able to change colour to blend in with its surroundings. Scout describes miss maudie as a small animal which can change coulors but scout can be meaning this… Continue Reading →