To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis


New Characters
Atticus Finch: a Southern lawyer and the father of Scout and Jem.

Scout: the six-year-old daugher of Atticus and the innocent narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Dill: a six-year-old summer visitor to Maycomb and a friend of both Scout and Jem.

The Radley Family: Mr. and Mrs. Radley and their sons, Arthur and Nathan, who are the antagonists for the first 11 chapters of the novel.

Jem: the ten-year-old son of Atticus and the brother of Scout.

Miss Stephanie Crawford: the neighborhood gossip, a...

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