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Dill
Jem and Scout Finch meet 'Dill' in Miss Rachael Haverford's collard patch. Dill is a symbol of youth and childhood and helps to add humour to the darker themes explored throughout the novel. -
First Day of School
Scout is starting First Grade at school. This reminds us that the narrator's perspective is of that of a child and this simplicity makes the prejudice and persecution themes seem less serious. -
Walter comes over for dinner
Jem invites Walter to Dinner and this scene helps us understand the life of the Cunningham s and gives us more information on how they live. -
Scout rolls into the Radley yard
This is a prime example of prejudice, even though Scout and Jem have never met or talked to the Radleys, they assume due to the stories of the town, that their house is cursed. -
Dill, jem and Scout try to slip the note to Boo radley
This shows their interest with Boo Radley and how they want to find out if he exists within the house. -
Jem, Scout and Dill get shot at in Radley's yard during the night
This key event links extremely well with the themes of 'Prejudice and Persecution' because Mr Nathan Radley then assumes that it was a Negro who he shot at, even though he was unable to tell what skin color the person was. A powerful example of prejudice. -
Jem and Scout collect items from the knot hole
This seems to be a significant event thorughout the chapter but does not link to 'prejudice and persecution'. -
Miss Maudie's house burns down
"Miss Maudie's tin roof quelled the flames. Roaring, the house collapsed; fire gushed everywhere, followed by a flurry of blankets from men on top of the adjacent houses, beating out the flames.." -
Scout finds out that her dad is defending a Negro
This shows how Scout is growing up in a society where Negroes are despised and shunned and how most children get the impression that Negroes are bad, even though they are not. This leads to a society full of prejudice. -
Atticus shoots the mad dog
"The rifle cracked. Tim Johnson leaped, flopped over and crumpled on the sidewalk in a brown and white heap'". -
Mrs Dubose dies
Atticus tells his children that Mrs Dubose has died and how Jem reading to her made her Morphine withdrawals easier to cope with. -
Lula criticises Calpurnia for bringing white children to 'coloured church'.
This symbolizes prejudice and persecution but shows it in a different view then what is generally shown throughout the novel. Lula is not happy than Calpurnia has brought white children to 'coloured church'. For once in the novel, instead of the Negros being criticised, it is white children. -
Dill is found hiding under Scout's bed
'We watched Dill emerge by degrees' -
The mob threatens Atticus and Scout softens Mr Cunningham.
This takes place when the mob goes to the Maycomb county Jail looking for Tom Robinson, only to be stopped by Atticus Finch. This creates a sense of persecution which only increases as the novel progresses. -
Tom Robinson's trial begins
A lot of people are in attendance of Tom´s trial even though it is expected that Tom will be held guilty, Miss Maudies seems to be the only other adult, besides Atticus, to show towards some sort of compassion towards a Negro. -
Bob Ewell delivers his statement on Tom Robinson
Bob claims that his daughter was beaten and raped by the negro Tom Robinson. -
Mayella Ewell testifies against Tom Robinson
'That nigger yonder took advantage of me'an if you fine fancy gentlemen dont't wanna do nothing.....' (Page 194) -
Tom Robinson testifies and Link Deas makes a declaration.
'Tom did you rape Mayella Ewell?'
'I did not suh' -
Atticus pleads the case for Tom Robinsons
Atticus pleads the case for Tom Robinsons innocence and finds holes in the story that was told by Bob and mayella Enwell -
The verdict
Tom Robinson is pronounced guilty by the jury -
Bob Enwell
Bob Enwell begins to menace the widow of Tom Robinson and tried to break into the judge's house he even attacks Jem and Scout. Boo Radley intervenes and in the process stabbing him. -
Social Justice
Boo carries the wounded Jem back to Atticus’s house, where the sheriff, in order to protect Boo, insists that Ewell tripped over a tree root and fell on his own knife. After sitting with Scout for a while, Boo disappears once more into the Radley house. -
Epiphany
Scout feels as though she can finally imagine what life is like for Boo.Scout embraces her father’s advice to practice sympathy and understanding and demonstrates that her experiences with hatred and prejudice will not sully her faith in human goodness.