'To Kill a Mockingbird' Review. Part two The beginning of the story acquaints us with a single-parent family living in Maycomb County which is not to be found on the map due to being just a figment of author’s imagination. A widower Atticus Finch does his best to raise the children. One summer Jem and Jean Louise get to know to Dill, agile and inquisitive boy, who possess an insatiable desire for adventures. Prompted by his idea, the trio starts making the sallies into the yard of the local recluse with a dark past. One day, when they almost get shot, Jem, Jean Louise and Dill decide to stop their mischiefs, so not to let Atticus learn about their pilgrimages. Then autumn comes… Every autumn in the book is filled with melancholy: it starts with Dill’s departure, followed by long sequence of monotonous school days. It’s worth mentioning that the book gives the understanding of what educational system was like in USA in 1930s: no reading or writing, just learning from cards. That, of course, made studying tedious for youngsters. The fall turns into the winter when another interesting thing happens and enables the reader to learn more about the indigenous people. A snowfall is a true miracle for them which they can witness only once in about 50 years. This marvelous phenomenon is followed by far less joyful incident of fire in the adjacent house. Eventually, the owner of shambles serves as an example of fortitude and courage for the girl throughout the story. In a few days after that Atticus is appointed to defend a black man who is accused of taking advantage of a white woman. Tom Robinson, the farter of a family with little children, has never committed this crime. There is no any evidence to prove the opposite. But Atticus knows he will lose the case. In the court, Mr. Finch makes it clear that all of this commotion is just a bad attempt of Ewells to conceal Mayella’s affection to a man of color and the fact that Bob Ewell constantly beats her. Nevertheless, the jury’s judgment was ‘guilty’. Jean Louise, Jem and Dill are devastated. Injustice and inequality stagger them and they desperately want to change the world.