hi I'm Nate seberg and this is one day ahead welcome to one day ahead this is To Kill a Mockingbird in 14 minutes this video is a summary in Broad Strokes with near criminal oversimplifications two things before we start one I have a full-blown series that goes really deep on Mockingbird it's summary and Analysis and we get granular second this series is accompanied by a comprehensive To Kill a Mockingbird teaching unit if you are a teacher looking to tackle this text with your students check that out all of it is available at onedayahead.com link below alright we're burning time like And subscribe let's go to the summary foreign six-year-old Scout Finch is our narrator and she is telling us the story that is the book that you're probably holding she says it's about her brother Jem and how he broke his arm and that happens but that's not actually what this story is about with that we're often running chapter one is about getting us set up Scout and her brother Jem are growing up in the fictional Jim Crow Laden make Home Alabama It's the Great Depression and you get real sleepy town southern Vibes their dad the stalwart hero and literary heartthrob Atticus Finch is the town lawyer Calpurnia is the nanny and pseudo replacement mom Dill is the summer friend and boo is the social recluse that fascinates their days and haunts their dreams with all of that established chapter one ends with gem running up to touch Boo's house on a dare they run and they see a window blind shift chapter 2 Scout goes to school which is a disaster there we meet Walter Cunningham who is dirt poor they have him home for lunch the cunninghams are like the right way to be poor they have dignity their counterparts are the Yules if boo is the imaginary very villain of the first half of the book Bob Ewell is the genuine real life authentic villain of the second half of the book The Yules are poor without dignity just Pride chapter three we're back in school a kid in Scout's class Burris Ewell so Bob ewell's kid is told he has to go home and wash he calls his teacher a and leaves chapter four some time has gone by Scout happens upon some gum hidden away in the hollow of an oak tree we know that this is a gift from boo but the kids don't figure that out summer comes and the kids roll in the tire which is exactly what it sounds like scout rolls lose its control crashes into the Radley porch and can hear someone inside laughing chapter 5 Scout has a talk with her neighbor Miss Marty we learn more about Boo's backstory Boo's real name is Arthur Radley as a teen he got in a spot of trouble with the law and his fundamentalist father freaked out came down super hard and Buu hasn't been seen Outdoors for 30 years after that backstory the kids get a fishing pole write a note inviting Buddha ice cream and try to get it through a window they are caught in their cruelty by Atticus chapter six the kids go still further they decide to creep up at night and get a look at boo through a window they sneak in Under The Back Fence but then they are spotted by Nathan Radley Boo's brother Nathan mistakes them for a burglar and shoots a shotgun into the air the kids run in a blind panic and Gem gets his pants snagged on a fence he kicks out of them and tears home later that night he goes back to retrieve his pants and he finds them mended and folded across the fence chapter 7 Scout is now in the second grade which she hates on her walks home she still occasionally comes across gifts squirreled away in the knot of the oak tree one day however she happens upon Nathan Radley filling that knot hole with cement severing their conviction chapter 8 it snows like an inch but it's the South so they lose their minds and they cancel school at 1am that night a fire breaks out in Miss Marty's house she is safely out in Gem and Scout watch from across the street as the house burns down Scout is exhausted and freezing and nearly falling asleep standing they all go in at dawn for Coco in a chat sitting at the table Atticus notices that Scout is wrapped in a blanket that isn't theirs Scout can't account for where she got it and nearly throws up when she realizes that they were standing in front of the Radley house chapter 9 moves us toward the more adult themes in this book we are not doing the boo Boogeyman stuff anymore and now our focus is on hate and Justice and racism it kicks off with a classmate taunting Scott for defending n-words but he doesn't say that we learned that Atticus is defending Tom Robinson a black man accused of raping a white woman Atticus defending Tom is a problem for the white citizens of Maycomb and it is filtering down to the kids in the next scene they head to Aunt Alexandra's house where Scout is taunted by a little monster named Francis because Atticus is defending Tom the taunts get disgusting and Scout punches them in the teeth and it's awesome that night she overhears Atticus talking about the trial and how they have no real hope of winning chapter 10 the kids are playing outside when a dog rounds the corner acting strangely they tell Calpurnia who knows the signs of rabies in a panic she calls Atticus and he turns up with the sheriff had hate heck is a bad shot so he puts the rifle into atticus's hands who shoots the poor doggy chapter 11 we meet Miss Dubose she is a vile woman who harangues the children about the trial gem snaps and destroys a bunch of her flowers to make up for it gem has to go read to her every day which is which is weird but it gets weirder Scout takes along and describes Ms Dubose sliding into a fit of some sort while they read this happens again and again but slightly later each day until it doesn't happen at all the reading sessions end and sometime passes as the chapter closes we find out that one Mr Bose is dead two she was a morphing addict that wanted to kick her habit before she died Atticus calls her the bravest person he ever met chapter 12 the kids go with Calpurnia to her all-black Church there they are confronted by Lulu who asks why Cal brought white children it's uncomfortable during the service they take up a collection for Tom Robinson's family when they return home they find Aunt Alexandra waiting on their porch chapter 13 Alexandra is here to help the family through the looming trial there's some drama about how Atticus is raising the kids and we learned that Alexandra generally kind of sucks chapter 14 Scout and Gem get into a fight like a literal fist fight they are summarily sent to bed but then Scout finds Dill hiding in her room turns out he ran away because he was unwanted at home and this storyline goes absolutely nowhere chapter 15 finally things get real the trial is two days away and Tom will be moved to the local jail tomorrow Atticus and others are worried that a mob will descend upon the jail drag Tom out and kill him so the next night Atticus stands guard outside the jail door the kids get worried so they sneak out to surreptitiously check on him in the dead of night the Lynch Mob arrives it's tense but Scout doesn't get what this is so she skips out to join the crowd and surprise her dad which is patently insane her happy-go-lucky can't take the hint nature shames the crowd and they disperse chapter 16 trial time the kids turn up and can't find a seat but then they are spotted by the pastor of calpurnia's Church who takes the kids upstairs to sit in the colored balcony that's what they call it it's like decently symbolic the chapter ends with hectate taking the stand chapter 17 let's review some characters Tom Robinson is accused of raping mayella Ewell this is the sister of Burris Yul the kid in chapter 3 who called his teacher a and the eldest daughter of Bob Ewell the True Villain of the book The Family resides beside the town dump where they live in squalor while Bob drinks Sheriff hectate testifies that he was called out to the eule place where he found mayella crying saying Tom Robinson attacked her he drove out picked up Tom brought him back for a positive ID then took him to jail when Atticus questions Tate he established that mayella had serious bruising around her right eye Bob Ewell takes the stand next and he manages to rile up the crowd with the story of the rape when Atticus questions him he throws his curveball he gets Bob to write his name and the room realizes that Bob is Left-Handed it would likely be a lefty who would bruise the right side of someone's face in chapter 18 mayela takes the stand and tells a story about Tom helping her bust up a chiffon it's like a big dresser thing doesn't matter in her telling Tom came in beat her up and raped her when Atticus questions her he focuses on her injuries then he has Tom stand up and the court sees that his left hand is completely crippled so how does someone without a left hand bruise her right eye or put bruises around her neck Atticus pushes her to admit that Bob beat her up after witnessing them together she doesn't do it chapter 19 Tom takes the stand and tells a very different story he claims mayella invited him in all the time to do little jobs one day when he passes all of her siblings are gone and they were alone she invited him in and kissed him Tom realizes his danger and tries to leave but is spotted through the window by an enraged Bob Bob runs in and attacks mayella and Tom runs for his life Chapter 20 The Trial concludes with Atticus recapping the evidence it's a good little speech it won this guy an Academy Award chapter 21 everyone waits for the jury to return Atticus predicts that it'll be quick this is after all 1930s Jim Crow Lynch happy separate and definitely unequal segregation to daytime tomorrow in Forever Alabama but in a surprise it drags out for hours when they do return deep into the middle of the night they find Tom guilty when Atticus leaves the room all of the black citizens rise to their feet chapter 22. here we have the aftermath of the trial gem is devastated the black members of Maycomb drop off a bunch of food Scout tossed with Miss Marty who says the jury taking so long is progress which like okay Tom's in jail for life but in progress the chapter ends with Bob spitting and atticus's face and declaring that he will get him even if it takes the rest of his life which as it turns out it does chapter 23. so this one's a mess Atticus brushes off the spitting episode saying Bob just needed to save face later Scout clashes with Alexandra because she won't let Scout play with Walter it's like a classus southern thing chapter ends with the kids trying to puzzle out the social dynamics that govern The Adult World in Mekong but they give up on it because it's uh full of obvious contradictions chapter 24 Scout is compelled to attend Alexandra's church group missionary fundraiser thing in her during the party which is a word I use very Loosely the leader of the group gets after Atticus for rileying up the black citizens with the trial though she doesn't use his name Miss Marty stands up for Atticus and everyone is surprised when he is home suddenly Scout Cal Marty and Alexandra assemble in the kitchen and they learned that Tom is dead he ran for it at the jail and they shot him chapter 25 here we get Atticus telling Tom's wife Helen that Tom is dead it's gut wrenching then we get Mr Underwood the publisher of the Town Newspaper condemning Tom's death finally Bob declares one down and two to go chapter 26 reintroduces boo into our story Scout thinks wistfully of him having grown past the shenanigans that marked the first half of the book the summer ends and the kids go back to school the drama from The Trial dies down and life goes on they do current events in school they learn about Hitler persecuting the Jews and Scout is perplexed when her teacher says that we don't persecute anyone here she's like what are you talking about chapter 27 brings Bob back to the fore he gets and loses a job stocks judge Taylor at his home one night and follows Tom's wife Helen just to be vile all this serves to up the tension finally it's Halloween night and Scout is appearing in the school play dressed as a ham it's the self what do you want it's an ungainly costume made from chicken wire and cloth she practices her entrance at home with her family then leaves with gem for her big theatrical debut chapter 28 they go to the play Scout is meant to take the stage in the finale but she falls asleep in her costume and misses her Cube embarrassed she waits to leave until it's empty and refuses to take the costume off to better hide her shame the walk back is full dark and the kids start to hear heavy footsteps behind them when they stop the follower stops too they make it to the Oak Tree by the Radley house when they are suddenly attacked by their pursuer who we will discover later is Bob this section is chaos Scout can't see because of her costume she is knocked to the ground gem has his arm broken then Scout is caught by Steely adult arms that begin to crush her and Scout won't figure all of this out for a few chapters but at that moment boo arrives having seen the attack and snatched up a kitchen knife he drives the knife into Bob's chest then picks up Gem and Carries him home Atticus calls a doctor and the sheriff they splint Gem's arm and hectate arrives and announces that Bob is dead chapter 29 Scout retells her story of what happened up until she is rescued to this point she is assuming that the man who carried gem was some passing Country stranger but all at once she realizes that this is boo she cries and says hello Chapter 30 is complicated heck and Atticus talk about what happened and heck says Bob fell on his own knife Atticus thinks gem stabbed him and that heck is trying to cover it up Atticus is all gem will stand trial because it's self-defense what he is missing is that boo killed him and heck is trying to spare Boo the public attention after some back and forth Atticus notices that heck has a switchblade which he took off a drunk man and he puts it together Bob attacked the kids with a switchblade it was deflected by Scout's chicken wire costume and boo killed Bob with a kitchen knife heck pocketed the switchblade so that he can cover cover up what boo did by saying that Bob fell on his own kitchen knife finally chapter 31 Scout walks boo home it's tender he goes inside without a word and they never see him again Scout considers the world from Boo's literal point of view then heads back home Atticus is sitting up with Jen Scout joins him falls asleep and the book ends and that's To Kill a Mockingbird kind of I I skipped a lot for a full picture read it but the next best thing would be to check out my full series at onedayahead.com where we walk chapter by chapter with summaries analysis quotes and more thank you for watching don't forget to like subscribe check out my other series and my other stuff we will see you next time on one day ahead foreign