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Delaney Patterson To Kill a Mockingbird English 1 8/10/11 In The Beginning of the novel we get told by scout the familys history. The whole story is narrated by Jen Louise Finch or Scout as everybody called her. Scouts father is Atticus Finch; Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb. Jem Finch is Scouts older brother. There is also a boy named Charles or as people call him Dill, that Jem and Scout become very fond of during the story. Dill, Scout and Jem are always playing games. Like trying to lure Boo Radley out of his home, Boo Radley is a boy that thats dad made him stay inside because he got in trouble with the law. Even after his dad died he continued to stay in his home, no one ever seen him all they really seen was someone peeking out. Scout hates school and her teacher. Her teacher makes her feel bad or guilty about being educated because, Atticus taught her to read. Scout tries to convince her father to let her drop out of school and him teach her himself. The kids find things in a knothole in one of the Radley oak trees. After a while of finding things the kids find that someone has filled the whole with cement. One time they were trying to get Boo to come out and the almost got caught and on the way out Jems pants go ripped off. The boys had to lie about what happened and later Jem went back to get his pants. One winter for the first time in years Maycomb had a real winter. Enough to get the kids out of school, they went and gathered snow so they could build a small snowman. Then Miss Maudies house burnt down. During which Boo Radley through a blanket over Scout so she wouldnt get cold, Scout never even realizes it was Boo that put it over her till the next day when Miss Maudie tells her. Even though Miss Maudies house burnt down she is still in good spirits. Works Cited Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird: Boston, New York, 1982