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Plot Analysis. (so far…..). Exposition Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial We begin in Maycomb , a sleepy little town in Alabama.

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  1. Plot Analysis (so far…..)

  2. Exposition • Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial We begin in Maycomb, a sleepy little town in Alabama. • The good: our heroes, the Finches, have lived there for generations and feel right at home in their friendly, cozy community. • The bad: this friendly, cozy community isn't so friendly and cozy with the blacks. This is 1930s America, and racism is the name of the ugly game. Our unnamed narrator gives us all the details we need to understand the conflict that's about to erupt between the anti-racist Atticus and his racist but beloved neighbors.

  3. Conflict • Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial All Men Are Created Equal... • … except for black ones. And (wo)men. Super dad (and lawyer) Atticus agrees to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, on charges of raping a white woman, even though public opinion is against him in a major way.The battle between Atticus's desire to give Tom the best defense possible and other people's desire to preserve the status quo fuels a lot of smaller conflicts between our heroine Scout and her peers. Rising Action

  4. Rising Action • Jem tore his pants – Boo Radley mended them. • Someone is leaving gifts for them in the knot of the old tree by their house. • Jem starts to realize that the person leaving the gifts is Boo. • Maybe Boo is not who they thought he was after all…..

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