TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Her name is Jean Louise Finch, but most people call her Scout. This is SCOUT. Her name is Jean Louise Finch, but most people call her Scout. She’s about 6 years old.

Jem is Scout’s older brother. This is Jem. Jem is Scout’s older brother.

He is a lawyer. He’s Scout’s and Jem’s father. This is Atticus Finch. He is a lawyer. He’s Scout’s and Jem’s father.

Atticus tries hard to be a good father. His wife is dead, so the children have no mother.

Jem and Scout play together. Scout is a tom-boy—she likes to wear boys’ clothes and play boys’ games.

This is Dill. He comes to visit his aunt in the summer. When he is visiting, he plays with Jem and Scout.

The setting of the story is Alabama. Alabama is in the South of the US.

1930s The setting of the story is the 1930s. The Great Depression has started, so many people are poor. Segregation and prejudice are still strong in Alabama at this time.

Black people and white people were segregated. Black people (“colored”) had to use separate bathrooms, water fountains, swimming pools, restaurants, schools, etc.

Many white people hated black people Prejudice Many white people hated black people

Scout is the narrator of the story. She remembers when she was a young girl in Alabama in the 1930s.