Month: November 2014

In this chapter we go back to a period of summer for the children where once again they are joined by Dill. This summer Dill and Jem become obsessed with Boo Radley once again. The most significant event in the chapter is when Jem rolls Scout into the Radley lot in a tyre. Jem has to go back to the lot to grab the tyre and to prove he was not scared they created a game to mock the events and rumors about the Radleys.

‘I had heard another sound, so low I could not have heard it from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing.’

I like this quote because it shows that she is scared of the Radleys. Also in the chapter we see Scouts morality levels go up during the chapter, questioning the games that they were playing.

CHARACTERS: Scout, Jem, Dill, Atticus.

In this chapter the protagonist, Scout, has her first day at school which gives us a detailed description of the schooling system is the ‘Deep South’. We are met by Ms Caroline Fisher who is a young new teacher. Jem tells us that she uses a new kind of teaching called the ‘Dewey Decimal System’.

Scout has a bad run in with the new teacher when she finds out that Scout can read. Ms Caroline tells scout that she cannot read at home anymore which upsets her. Scout feels that what they are doing in school is not satisfactory to her standards. We also learn about some of the townsfolk in Maycomb. We learn that alot of people are poor and live off of the land and that that may be alien to people from other counties.

CHARACTERS: Scout, Atticus, Jem, Ms Caroline Fisher, Walter Cunningham.

FAVOURITE QUOTE: ‘”Are we poor, Atticus? Atticus nodded. “We are indeed.”‘

Summary of Chapter 1

The chapter starts with an argument between Scout and Jem and ‘how it all started’. They then start talking about alot of things that start the argument. The chapter then develops into the background of the Finch family and how Atticus (their father) came to Maycomb county

As the chapter develops we find out about their home life and Scouts relationship with her brother. It describes the way they play and how they get along. Dill is introduced later on in the chapter and that is when they go onto explain the situation with Boo Radley. Dill dares Jem to try and get Boo to come out of the house. This is where the chapter ends.

CHARACTERS: Scout, Jem, Dill, Atticus, Calpurnia, Boo Radley.

CHOSEN QUOTE: ‘Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.’

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