The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the great depression in the fictional "tired old town" of maycomb, alabama, the seat of maycomb county. it focuses on six-year-old jean louise finch (scout), who lives with her older brother, jem, and their widowed father, atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. jem and scout befriend a boy named dill, who visits maycomb to stay with his aunt each summer. the three children are terrified of, and fascinated by, their neighbor, the reclusive arthur "boo" radley. the adults of maycomb are hesitant to talk about boo, and few of them have seen him for many years. the children feed one another's imagination with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they fantasize about how to get him out of his house. after two summers of friendship with dill, scout and jem find that someone leaves them small gifts in a tree outside the radley place. several times the mysterious boo makes gestures of affection to the children, but, to their disappointment, he never appears in person.
I think summer is the best season of all because it is warm, the nature is beautiful and we have great opportunities for rest. Summer is a time of holidays. We can go anywhere, spend our time near a river or a lake on fresh, green grass, swim in warm water, or climb mountains, play different games, ride a bicycle and so on.
I spend my summer holidays at my granny’s. There are many things there to do. What I did most of the time - I swam in the sea and sunbathed. Sometimes I made a fire with my friends at the seaside and cooked potatoes there. It was wonderful. We told anecdotes to each other, and did everything we wanted. I also got used to walk alone in the forest.
When August was coming to its end, I went on a small voyage by ship. The ship name was “Sevastopol”.
But this summer wasn’t for me only sugar and honey. I have passed through the graduating exams after school and entering exams in the university. So the bigger part of my summer vacations I spent sitting with the books. Of course, it was not interesting, but I’m glad that I did it because now I’m a student of the best university in our country.
