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To kill a mockingbird:Chapter 1 (Summary (Atticus’s wife died when scout…
To kill a mockingbird:Chapter 1
Characters
Jean Louis Finch
Scout
6 years old girl
Jem
10 years old boy
scout's brother
Atticus Finch
Scout and Jem's Dad
lawyer
Dill
A boy who came to visit during summer
Jem and Scout's playmate
Boo Radely
Mysterious neighbour
Calpurnia
Cook
takes care of Jem and Scout
narrated by scout
From scout's persepctive
Readers are able to understand and receive information of the story from Scout's perspective, and because she is so young, there is often misunderstanding to certain incident or scene in the story from her point of view.
Summary
Atticus’s wife died when scout was 2.
Jem, sometimes unhappy because of the death of her mother.
Dill ,stays for the summer with his aunt
neighbour of the Finch family
Scout,Jem and dill become playmates
Dill suggest to lure Boo Radley out of his house
No one sees Boo outside in years
Scout recounts - Boo got into trouble with the law
Boo’s father imprisoned him in the basement as a punishment.
After 15 years, Boo stabs his father with a scissor
Dill is fascinated by boo
convince the Finch’s children to help lure the phantom
Dill dares Jem to run over and touch the house
Scout talks about the background of the finch's family.
Setting
place
Maycomb
Little town that suffers from Great Depression
Time
Summer - 1993
Overview
Chapter 1 mainly provides a introduction or background to later parts in the story, for example explaining the family history ,and also the relationship between characters.