Who Is The Antagonist In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an amazing book. This book takes place during the Great Depression in Maycomb County, Alabama. This book describes the wild and unforgettable story of Jean Louise Finch, the protagonist and narrator, who is in the book is called Scout Finch. Scout is a stubborn tomboy who is very intelligent and has an early head start at school, and not only knows how to read in first grade, but has developed a great fondness of reading. She does not like to cause waves, but she enjoys playing with her brother, Jem, climbing trees, and other unladylike games. One antagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird is Bob Ewell. He, a Caucasian man, brought a case against a black man and falsely accused him of raping Bob’s daughter.
This story‘s rising action is that Dill, their summer neighbor, Scout, and Jem try to meet Arthur Radley, more referred to as Boo. Their neighbor is suspicious, especially to the neighborhood children. Later in this novel, Scout realizes that Boo is definitely not as bad as what the kids’ imagination had led them to think. While the children were busy occupying themselves with their fascination of Boo, Atticus began working on defending the African-American accused of rape, Tom Robinson. He was wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell and Atticus did …show more content…

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Harper Lee was saying not to judge someone based on one’s own point of view, but also listen and value the other side of the situation. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This quote from To Kill a Mockingbird tell the reader to become more like a sweet mockingbird, pleasant to the ear and kind to

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