To kill a Mockingbird- Part 1, Analysis

Questions from the first part of TKM:

1. What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch and his family?2. Describe Calpurnia as Scout depicts her in Chapter 1.3. What does Dill dare Jem to do?4. The townspeople of Maycomb have some fears and superstitions about the Radley place. Describe these fears and superstitions.5. How important is bravery to Jem?6. What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint of the story?

Answers:

1. Maycomb is a little town at the countryside on Southern Alabama. In winter, is was very rainy, but in summer was so hot. Atticus Finch was a lawyer, his first two clients were the last two persons hanged in the town. He had two children, Jem and Scout. Jem was 10 years old and Scout was around 6. They lived in the residential street it town and had a servant, Calpurnia.

2. Scout describes Calpurnia as a very ugly women. She was near-.sighted, she squinted and had some very wide hands and twice as hard. They always had epic battles, but Calpurnia always won them because Atticus took her side. She worked for the family since Jem was born.

3. Dill dares Jem to go running to the Radley's house and make Boo came out, but then, after some conversation, they decided that Jem should ran and touch the door, then came back. At first, Jem wasn't doing it, but when he is called a coward, e did it.

4. The Radley family had a very interesting past. People in Maycomb thought that in that Radley's place lived a ghost, which had some magical powers. One time something happened that the town was terrorized by series of morbid nocturnal events. They found a guilty, but they still thought that was Boo Radley's fault. ç

5. It's very important, bvecause he had so much pride, and, as he was the older brother, he was bound to ensure his courage.

6. The narrative voice is very childish, is narrated by a 6 years old girl. Is very innocent and simple, alsow comprehendsthe world in a very si8mple way. Scout's viewpoint is very innocent, although she is a very smart and clever girl for her age.