There are many references made to the poverty they live in, by mention of the clothes they wear and the houses they live in. ... The quiet southern town of Maycomb is torn apart by trial and events that occur over the course of the novel and only forced more strain upon the two children. ...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

His clothes were torn off piecemeal and scattered in the crowd, people catching the shreds and putting them away as mementos........It was horrible- the man dying by slow torture in the midst of smoke from his own burning flesh...........Then the eyes were burned out and irons were thrust down his throat." ...

• Word Count: 2213
• Approx Pages: 9