Scout Finch Background

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by the author Lee Harper. It is written in the 1930’s in Maycomb Alabama. The narrator is Jean Louise Finch, who is curious about everything that is happening in the town. She lives through the times of prejudice and racism, but is taught to see the good in people not the evil, regardless of whom they are or where they come from.
Jean Louise Finch is also known as Scout, she is a six-year-old tomboy. She is the narrator of the story who writes about two years of her life. She lives with her brother Jeremy (Jem) Finch and her father Atticus Finch, who is the town lawyer. Her mother died when Scout was only two years old. She also lives with a black woman named Calpurnia, who is their housekeeper. Scout and Jeremy are taught by their father to always see the good in people no matter what color or race they are. He once told them when he

Scout tries to defend them against the teachers, because she knows that is wrong. Some of the other kids pick on Scout including some of her own relatives, because her dad is defending a black man named Tom Robinson and they call Atticus names. Tom is being accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Violet Ewell. Tom often helps Mayella with fixing things, such as a door knob when he passes by their house. One day Tom is caught in the house and that is the day he got accused. When they are in court they ask Mayella some questions. She tells Judge Taylor that Tom Robinson raped her, as Mr. Bob Ewell, her father stares at her, because Mayella knows that her dad is the one that beat her, but is afraid of telling the truth. Atticus knows he doesn’t have much of a chance, because Tom Robinson is a black man. Tom tells the judge his side of what happened and the judge still finds him guilty. After the trial with Tom Robinson, Atticus tells the children that things will soon calm