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Previous Next More on To Kill a Mockingbird Navigation Tired of ads?Join today and never see them again. Who dies in Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird?The narrator lives on the town's main residential drag with her brother Jem, her father Atticus, and their cook Calpurnia, who is a force to be reckoned with. You may notice there's no mom to be found: she died when the narrator was two, and the narrator doesn't really remember her, though Jem does.
What happens in Part 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird?Summary and Analysis Part 1: Chapter 1. Scout, the narrator, remembers the summer that her brother Jem broke his arm, and she looks back over the years to recall the incidents that led to that climactic event.
Who all dies in To Kill a Mockingbird?Tom Robinson, the African-American who is unjustly found guilty of rape, is shot and killed when he escapes from jail following the trial. The second death is Bob Ewell, who is killed by Boo Radley Ewell attacked the Finch children and Radley came to their defense, killing Ewell in the process.
Who kills Jem Finch?Jem died of a sudden heart attack at age 28. According to Jean Louise's narration, he inherited a weak heart from their mother, who died the same way when the children were young (setting up the unique family situation that defines Mockingbird, with maid Calpurnia serving as Scout's primary maternal figure).
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