The tone of Atticus is serious throughout the entire novel. There is little to none humor inside of the novel. The story starts of with a serious conversation between Atticus and Scott. They have a father son conversation about Scott’s life and joke around only a little bit. After Scott leaves, the story gets even more serious. Atticus gets informed that Scott has died and immediately to Mexico to see his son’s dead body. With the death of Scott, the story gets more serious as Attics dives into Scott’s suicide case. Along with seriousness, suspense is created. The reader also wants to find out what caused Scott to kill himself just as much as Atticus wants to. With the ticket to Germany and unusual blood designs on the shirt, both Atticus
