To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by a girl who‘s name is Jean Finch. She usually goes by her nickname, Scout. She goes on to talk about her family history. Scout lives with her older brother Jem and Atticus who is a lawyer. In the summer of 1933 when Jem is almost 10 and Scout is almost 6, a new neighbour moves in beside them. His name is Charles Harris but goes by Dill. He quickly becomes friends with Jem and Scout.

A man named Winston Smith returns to his rundown apartment building called Victory Mansions. Winston is a member of the Party, a totalitarian political regime that rules all of Airstrip One which is the land that used to be England. Winston and others are under oppressive political control. There are telescreens that are constantly sharing propaganda from the government.