To Kill A Mocking Bird 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 ... , one day the town pet-dog goes rabid and appears in the town wandering down the main street. Nobody appears to want to do anything about it. To the children's amazement Atticus takes immediate action and from a considerable distance sh...

• Word Count: 2907
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

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 banks of the Alabama River called Finch's Landing. The family was farmers for a hundred years until Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb while his sister, Alexandra, ran the farm. At the start of...

• Word Count: 10075
• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... had "blotted an exercise" (P.67) whilst coping it out. Jane sees that she has blocked this incident out and that she has accepted her punishment courageously. This is similar to Scouts schooling in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout also gets punished very early on, when she first starts school in September. She is also mistreated, as Miss Caroline who is from North Alabama does ... , Jane is conversing with people who are as poor as she is as they are all in a charitable institution. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout only converses once with people who are poorer than she is, the Blacks as she...

• Word Count: 5125
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School