To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Questions

To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. The protagonist and narrator of the story is Jean Louise, or Scout, Finch. She lives in the small town of Maycomb with her father, Atticus, and brother, Jem. Scout is only six years old but is very intelligent, defensive, and curious. At Christmas, Francis is talking to Scout and is saying negative things about Atticus. Scout tries to defend Atticus by yelling. On page 83 Scout narrates, “I leaped off the steps and ran down the catwalk. It was easy to collar Francis. I said take it back quick.” Scout tries to attack Francis so he will take back what he said about Atticus. She continues to chase Francis and eventually Aunt Alexandra gets her to stop. When Aunt Alexandra leaves, Francis continues to antagonize Scout. Scout is also very curious. She asks a lot of questions, some of which may be too personal. She does this because she is only six years old and doesn’t know much. When Calpurnia
On Scout’s first day of school her teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, wasn’t too pleased with the fact that Scout could read. Scout narrates, “...and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.” Miss Caroline doesn’t like Scout knowing how to read already because she says, “It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind.” She thinks Scout has been taught the wrong way because it wasn’t following the school’s way. Miss Caroline later catches Scout writing a letter to Dill. She told her, again, to tell her father to stop teaching her, Miss Caroline says, “We don’t write in the first grade, we print. You won’t learn to write until you’re in the third grade.” Scout blames Calpurnia for this because writing kept her