What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch and his family?
Maycomb is a very poor town, with poor people, and Lots of racism and interconnected families. Atticus is a lawyer who does not like criminal law, and a descendant of a plantation owner, and was much older than his wife and brother. The Finch family originated in England, settled in Alabama, and came to own a fairly well-off plantation. the plantation began to faill after the civil war, but the family stayed on the land, until Atticus and his brother left.
What do you learn about Dill's character?
Dill seem to like to entertain, with his vivid reenactment of Dracula. He is also fairly persuasive, as he is able to get Scout and Jem to try and get Boo Radley to come out.
What, briefly, has happened to Arthur “Boo” Radley.
He fell into a gang, got arrested (released with help of his father), and held in his house for 15 years, and stabbed his father in te leg with a pair of scissors
Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem and Dill?
the story of Radley himself, and the decrepit-ness of the house, and curiosity of children to a mysterious figure
What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint in the novel?
It is from the view of scout, but from an older scout than the one in the story, with a bit of older wisdom.
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