Discrimination towards blacks was so bad through out history that even in the past century innocent ones were convicted and hanged for crimes they did not commit. Even small children sometimes witnessed the injustice of the trials that took place. Two children in particular, Scout and Jem Finch watched their own father defend a black man who was wrongly accused and convicted of rape on a white girl. The story takes place in 1936 where these three begin.
Throughout the beggining Scout and Jem are trying to lure out Boo Radley and are learning new things about the town they live in. With this they learn how most people act towards blacks, and their fathers continuly teachs them what is right and wrong. They learn about the Cunninghams being poor, the Ewells which are lazy and are convicting Tom Robinson, and their own familys past.
What happens in the end is that the trial for Tom takes place and he is falsely accused guilty. The trial is moved to a higher court while Tom is in prison, but he commits suicide since he loose's hope in Atticus Finch. After the first trial though Mr. Ewell is extremly mad at Atticus for what he said and threatins to kill him several times. He tries to get his revenge by trying to kill his daughter Scout, but Jem and Boo both stop him in the end.
In the end Atticus said he saw that things were finally starting to change for the attitudes towards blacks, but Jem is hurt and both Mr. Ewell and Tom are dead. With all of this that has happend, Scout decides she actually wants to be a lady, and Jem wants to be a lawyer or a football player.
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