Scout reminisces about her childhood in Maycomb, Alabama and meets her neighbor Dill. She and Jem become fascinated by their reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley, and get into minor childhood misadventures. As Atticus takes on the controversial case of defending a black man, Tom Robinson, against rape charges, tensions rise in town. On their walk home one evening, Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell, the alleged rape victim's father, but are saved by Boo Radley, who kills Ewell in defense of the children.
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