Chapter 1 Summary Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, narrates this story and it is told during the great depression of the 1930's. She lives in the town of Maycomb, Alabama with her widowed father Atticus, and her older brother by four years, Jeremy Finch (called Jem). Scout tells us about her ancestors who originally fled England to escape religious persecution and they established a large farm on the ... of a lynching, but it is the innocence of a young girl, which prevents the storm breaking. In the previous two summers the children's lives were dominated by the games led by Dill, which m...

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• Grade Level: High School