To Kill A Mockingbird Flashcards
Chapter 1 Plot Summary
The first chapter sets the scene of Maycomb as a stereotypical Southern American town. There is quite a bit of character development for Calpurnia and Atticus, the reader learns that she is strict and has in way replaced the role of their mother, while Atticus is a lawyer. Dill is also introduced as the children first meet him in this summer. Finally, the reader learns about the myths surrounding the Radley’s, including a lot on Boo Radley. This sparks their interest in him for the rest of the novel.
Chapter 2 Plot Summary
Scout starts school with high hopes, but is soon disappointed by the education system. When she attempts to teach Miss Caroline about the Cunningham’s, she is punished. Miss Caroline also tells her to stop reading and writing at home, which is devastating to young Scout as she loves reading.
Chapter 1 Key Quotes
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. …There was no hurry, there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people, Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Courage, Small Town Southern Life
Scout Finch
Chapter 3 Plot Summary
In this chapter, Scout beats up Walter Cunningham as she blames him for “start off on the wrong foot”. Jem breaks up the fight and invites Walter home to have lunch with them. Scout learns some manners from Calpurnia after she criticises Walter for drowning his food in syrup. The reader also learns about the Ewells from Burris Ewell who is rude to Miss Caroline. Scout tries to convince Atticus that she shouldn’t go to school because she isn’t allowed to read.
Chapter 3 Key Quotes
“You never really understand a person … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity
Atticus Finch
Chapter 4 Plot Summary
Scout finds the first gift in the knot hole in the tree, chewing gum. Jem makes her spit it out in case it is poisoned. On the last day of school, Jem and Scout find two Indian pennies. Dill comes back to Maycomb and after being pushed in a tyre, Scout finds herself on the Radley’s porch. Jem starts a new game of acting out the Radley’s story. Atticus catches them and puts an end to it.
Chapter 10 Key Quotes
“‘Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ‘Your father’s right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing this hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mocking bird.’”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity
Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, Miss Maudie Atkinson
Chapter 11 Key Quotes
“It was at times like these when I though my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who had ever lived.”
Courage
Scout Finch
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity, Courage
Atticus Finch
“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
Courage
Atticus Finch
Chapter 22 Key Quotes
“They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it - seems only children weep.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity, Prejudice, Growing Up
Atticus Finch
Chapter 25 Key Quotes
“Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity, Prejudice, Small Town Southern Life
Scout Finch
Chapter 31 Key Quotes
“A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips. Summertime, and his children played in the front yard with their friend, enacting a strange little drama of their own invention. It was fall and his children fought on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Dubose’s … Fall, and his children trotted to and fro around the corner, the day’s woes and triumphs on their faces. They stopped at an oak tree, delighted, puzzled, apprehensive. Winter, and his children shivered at the front gate, silhouetted against a blazing house. Winter, and a man walked into the street, dropped his glasses, and shot a dog. Summer,and he watched his children’s heart break. Autumn again, and Boo’s children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity
Scout Finch
“‘When they finally saw him , why he hadn’t done any of those things. . . Atticus, he was real nice. . .’ … ‘Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.’ He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”
Good, Evil and Human Dignity, Growing Up
Scout Finch, Atticus Finch
