To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1 5 Chapter

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1 -5

Chapter 1 Introduction of Characters

Jean Louise (Scout) Finch Jean Louise Finch aka Scout Narrates the story Age 6 Tomboy Defensive Strong love of family Reacts before thinking things out

Jeremy Atticus (Jem) Finch Scout’s older brother He is four years older He gets irritated with Scout at times Scout is his “partner-incrime” Likes the fact that Scout is not “girly” Is sensitive to prejudice Prejudice-preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Atticus Finch Scout and Jem’s father He is a lawyer Comes from Finches Landing He is a widower He tries to raise his children without prejudice in a town that is extremely prejudiced

Calpurnia The Finches Housekeeper African-American Acts as a mother figure to the children Lives a dual life Exists in both the white and colored worlds

Charles Baker (Dill) Harris Nephew of Miss Rachel Haverford Finches neighbor Comes to stay with his aunt in the summer From Meridian, Mississippi Imaginative Abandoned child Mother sends him from relative to relative

Arthur (Boo) Radley Mysterious man who lives in the dilapitated house at the end of the street Has not been seen in almost 30 years Rumors abound about him

Chapter 2 Scout’s First Day of School

The First Day Scout has been looking forward to the first day of school all summer Scout is smarter than the average first grader She can read on an advanced level Knows how to write in cursive

Miss Caroline Fisher New First Grade Teacher From northern Alabama Unaware caste system Has a set way of teaching Scout does not fit into her “box” Punishes Scout for being “smart” Scout has to relate why Walter Cunningham can’t take Miss Caroline’s quarter

Lunchtime Miss Caroline asks students to get out lunch or raise hands if they were going home Walter Cunningham does neither Miss Caroline offers him a quarter to buy lunch He can’t accept it Won’t tell her why Scout has to relate why Walter Cunningham can’t take Miss Caroline’s quarter She gets into trouble

Chapter 3 At Lunch and After School

Lunchtime Scout fights Walter Cunningham on the playground He made her get in trouble with the teacher Jem invites Walter to lunch Adds insult to injury for Scout insults Walter and is punished by Calpurnia

Burris Ewell The Ewell children only come to school on the first day This is Burris Ewell’s third time for the first day of first grade He is filthy and has lice He is told to go home and wash his hair with keorsine He almost gets into a fight with Little Chuck Little He insults the teacher

Reaching a Compromise Scout does not want to go back to school She is upset because she can’t read at home anymore Atticus and Scout reach a compromise They will read at home and not tell the teacher

Walking in Someone Else’s Skin Atticus believes that the key to understanding the situation, a person must put himself in the other person’s place He must stand in the other persons’ skin and walk around in it Makes Scout look at the situation from Miss Caroline’s perspective

Chapter 4 The Tree and the Radley Game

The Knot Hole in the Tree Scout finds two sticks of gum in the tree She chews the gum Jem finds two Indian head pennies He keeps the pennies They believe that it might be some kid’s hiding place

Summer Fun Dill comes for the summer They invent the Radley Game Act out scenes from Boo Radley’s life Roll in the tire Their goal for the summer is to get Boo Radley to come out and meet them

Chapter 5 Miss Maudie and a Note for Boo

Miss Maudie Atkinson Neighbor of the Finches Lives across the street Does not gossip Is a female version of Atticus Kids go to her for advice She is a mother figure to Jem, Scout, and Dill

A Note for Boo Jem and Dill decide to put a note on the shutter of the Radley House Note is asking Boo to come out Dill and Scout act as lookouts Atticus catches them Tells them to leave the Radleys alone