Why do we have such a thing as sibling rivalry? The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the small town of Maycomb County. Maycomb County has a small population full of racist and prejudice people with all of the little everyday problems. In the novel, we learn about the three major characters, Scout the narrator, Jem her brother, and Atticus their father. Scout the narrator tells the novel through her …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…of friends because Jem slowly becomes an adult, but then they grow back together again. They do this just like any other group of brothers and sisters do. After a while they realize that they miss each other they start to gain back their friendship as brother and sister. From this novel the reader will learn that even though some one grows up does not mean that they still can not act like a kid.