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To Kill a Mockingbird: Literary Analysis Elizabeth Capron
By Harper Lee Period 2

The Plot
The novel starts out in the Alabama town of Maycomb, where Scout, Jem and their widowed father, lawyer Atticus Finch, lived during the Great Depression. During one of their summers, Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill who came to live in their neighborhood for the summer. While playing, Jem and Scout tell Dill of the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place. Nathan Radley owns the house, and his brother Arthur (known as "Boo") lives there also. Boo becomes a person of legend to the children as he has stayed inside the house for years without ever been seen coming out.
After their summer had ended, Scout goes to school for the first time. At the end of the day she concludes that she hates school, in that her teacher explained that she was taught incorrectly how to......

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Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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