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Chapter 1. Starts off the many adventures, and introduces the idea of messing with Boo.
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Chapter 3. Scout starts to see that even the dirties people are still guests when in your home, and that you just have to get to know somebody to actually have an opinion of them
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Chapter 4. The kids get their first encounter with Boo, and they see that maybe he is nice and not a malevolent phantom.
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Chapter 7. Shows that Boo's brother doesn't want Boo to have any form of contact with the outside world.
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Chapter 8. Shows that Boo is very nice, and is just one of many interactions between the Kids and Boo. Also shows that Boo cares for the children, and watches out for them.
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Chapter 10. Shows that Atticus isn't just boring, and that he has more skills than just being a competent lawyer.
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Chapter 15. Shows that the people of Maycomb still have a heart, and that childish innocent prevails over racism.
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Chapter 16-21. Makes Jem look at life differently, and sparks the main point of the book about racism.
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Chapter 24- Tom is trying to escape from prison and is shot and killed. News gets back to Maycomb, and Helen is employed by Link Deas.
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Chapter 27- Bob Ewell loses his job, stalks Helen Robinson, and leaves a hate note at Judge Taylor's house.
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Chapter 28-30. Bob Ewell attacks the children returning from the pagaent, and is killed by Boo Radley. But not before Bob breaks Jem's arm, thus solving the mystery of the novel: How did Jem get his arm broke?
