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What are the chapter titles in To Kill a Mockingbird?

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The chapters in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" are not titled, they are simply numbered. However, readers can devise their own titles based on the main events or themes of each chapter. For instance, chapter 1 could be "Welcome to Maycomb" or "The Finches and the Radleys", chapter 2 could be "First Day of School" or "Scout's First Day of School", and so on. The titles are open to interpretation and can vary from reader to reader.

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1: Where It All Begins
2: A Rough First Day
3: Lunchpails & Cooties
4: The Giving Tree
5: Conversations With Miss Maudie
6: The Radley Raid
7: The Mysterious Hemmed Jeans & Knothole Presents
8: Fire & Ice
9: Unhappy Holidays
10: Never Judge A Book By Its Cover
11: Courage & Camellias
12: Visit To First Purchase African M.E.
13: Life With Aunt Alexandra
14: Stepping On Human Snakes
15: Close Calls With Old Sarum
16: Maycomb Gathers
17: The Good & The Bad
18: Mayella's Red Geraniums
19: Truth
20: Atticus's Final Arguments
21: The Verdict & Loss of Innocence
22: Maudie Makes The Best Cakes
23: Atticus Elaborates
24: The Missionary Circle of Holy Hypocrites
25: Maycomb's Racist Reaction To Tom's Death
26: Maturation & Current Events
27: Ewell's At It Again
28: Scout & Jem's Longest Journey Ever
29: Hey, Boo
30: It's Like Shooting A Mockingbird
31: Boo's Porch & The Grey Ghost

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The chapters in To Kill a Mockingbird are simply numbered. There are no titles. However, for quick reference, I have my own "titles" that I use so I can find things quickly when I need to. It may not be what you want, but I hope it helps.

1=Background on Maycomb and the characters

2=Scout vs. Miss Caroline (first day of school)

3=Walter for lunch and meet Burris Ewell

4=gifts in the tree and rolling up on Radley's porch

5=meeting Miss Maudie and Atticus wants them to leave Boo alone

6=The shotgun porch scene

7=Jem's fixed pants and more gifts/cement in the tree

8=the first snow and a big fire

9=Finch family Christmas and mentioning the trial

10=Mockingbird chapter and Atticus as a Hero

11=True courage and Mrs. Dubose

12=Jem grows apart from Scout/church with Calpurnia

13=Aunt Alexandra comes to stay

14=a fight with Jem and Dill's surprise

15=The mob scene at the jailhouse

16=Dolphus Raymond and beginning of the trial

17=Heck Tate and Bob Ewell on the stand

18=Mayella on the stand

19=Tom on the stand

20=more about Dolphus Raymond and why he lives like he does

21=the verdict

22=a "baby step" in the right direction

23=Atticus vs Alexandra on the Cunninghams

24=the missionary circle and Tom is shot

25=Reaction to Tom's death

26=reflection on Boo and Miss Gates is a hypocrite

27=the pageant and Bob's trouble in town

28=the attack on the kids and the rescue

29=meet Arthur Radley

30=discussion on what really happened under the tree with Heck/Atticus

31=last discussion of the mockingbird symbols

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