In "To Kill a Mockingbird," how do the two central plots connect? There are two plots in this book - Tom Robinson's trial and Scout, Jem and Dill's...

These two
plots in the story line are connected because they are both part of 's childhood experience. The
story is related as a narrative flashback; events are perceived through the eyes of a child but
'filtered' by the mind of an adult.

The two plots are also related in theme.
Both deal with the topic of preconceived ideas towards ostracized people. In the adult world,
the trial focuses on an innocent man who is convicted of rape simply because he is a Negro. (His
word will not stand against that of a white woman.) Scout's,'s...