In chapters 6-11 in To Kill a Mocking Bird I summarized these chapters as more in depth and starting to get to the plot of the book but is still setting the base and leading up to it. The setting in these chapters were in the little  town of Maycomb, Alabama around the great depression during the surprising winter season. I think that the most important events that happened in these chapters are that everyone is finding out about Atticus and his client, that is black, and no one not even his own family was acceptable with it. That was important to me because I thought that it will add to the plot more as we read on. I think that this could influence the plot by maybe changing what people think about colored people. Later, during Christmas time, the  Finches got together and Scout got to know her Uncle Jack. One night Scout was getting water while Atticus and Uncle Jack were talking, somehow Atticus knew that Scout was listening to there conversation and wanted Scout to hear what they were saying. That was important because it said that that conversation would be useful in the future to Scout.This, I thought, was foreshadowing some event that is going to happen later in the book. A couple of months had past and Atticus news about his black client was spreading like a wild fire. Their neighbor, Mrs.Dubose, was probably the most unhappy about it. One day Jem and Scout were walking into town and past Mrs.Dubose house and she started to cause a problem with them about there father. Jem got very upset about this but walked away and shook it off, or so Scout thought. But when they were walking back to their house Jem destroyed her front yard to take out his anger. When Atticus found out about this he asked Mrs.Dubose what she wanted Jem to do to make up for it, she wanted him to read to her for one month. Jem was not happy about that but did it anyways. Atticus wanted to teach Jem a lesson about not to judge a person about what they do or say just get to know them. After Jem finished his last day of reading to her she died. But what Jem did not know was that she was addicted morphine and knew that she only had a little bit of time left but wanted to not rely on drugs and she did, but Jem would have never known that if he never got to know her. I thought that this was one of the most important parts because Jem learned a very important lesson that will dwell with him through his life time. This could, and I think, has already affected Jem in a very special, by giving him a different point of view on people. I thought that the tone of this section was somewhat serious and amusing because when Jem got in trouble and learned a lesson it was a pretty serious moment. But when the kids learned about their dad they loved him even more just because he had more character to him.

What my literary group discussed was that maybe little moments in life can make a very big change. When Jem found the crazy dog the kids learned a lesson about how his dad was a hero and they did not even know about it. We think that the plot so far could be about that Scout will learn lessons from adults through out her life and will be put to test and have to remember what she learned.

What I took out of this book was that you should not stereotype people. That is a very ambitious thing to say because no one can do it. That is what the human body does to help us feel safe with the surrounding and people around you. I feel that this book will be based around this concept of stereotyping people since that was very big deal back in the 1920's. But this has not stopped even today there are still some people who think that white people are better than colored skins but we are all equal.