Girls had to be playing "gentle" things, such as with dolls, or knitting fancy quilts. On the other hand, Scout is into playing with dirt and rolling around in wheels, which was not seen as "acting like a girl.... This shows how the town's prejudice against Boo had gotten to the point where he became an urban legend. ... It is human nature to be judgmental against ideologies that go against our own, and that is why Scout and Boo were so targeted for being different. ... However, they are just kids, making them innocent and easy prey for the rest of the town to pick on. ...

• Word Count: 1638
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, in the 1930s. ... Atticus knows that he is going to lose everything, and so does everyone else in the town. ... After Scout realizes that most of the town doesn't approve of what Atticus is doing, she asks him why he's doing it. ... Many of the people who play smaller roles in Atticus and Tom's life each do their part to help. ... Miss Maudie demonstrates this as she states to Jem, "I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world that were born to do our unpleasant job...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Another concern Mayella has is being ostracized by the whole town of Maycomb. ... Atticus elaborates on this idea during his closing argument at the trial saying: "She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time honoured code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with...she tried to put the evidence away from her.... Boo was filled with despair looking out of the window, seeing kids playing and having fun. ... Tom Robinson is an innocent man who loses his life simply because he is black in a town with immense ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Jem got most of his stories from the gossip of the town, Miss Stephanie Crawford, who claims to know it all. ... One summer when the children were playing in their tree house, they noticed a little boy sitting in the garden. ... Another summer past and Jem was walking Scout home from her play that evening. ... His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. ...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School