To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 3 Summary and Analysis

New Characters
Little Chuck Little: Scout’s polite, brave classmate.

Burris Ewell: Scout’s surly classmate who attends school once a year.

Summary
Chapter 3 occurs over a six-hour period from lunchtime until nightfall of Scout’s first day in school. Scout takes out her frustration with school and especially with Miss Caroline by rubbing Walter’s nose in the dirt of the school yard as the lunch break begins. Jem stops the slaughter and Scout quickly explains that Walter made her...

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