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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 1 Summary

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1. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, we are introduced to Jean Louise Finch - A.K.A. “Scout” – an eight-year-old girl living in Maycomb County, Alabama with her older brother Jem and her widowed father, Atticus. During an important summer, Jem and Scout meet Dill; a boy who heightens their curiosity about the Radley’s - specifically Arthur “Boo” Radley - a man who hasn’t left his house in years, causing the children to make extreme speculations about him. After Scout’s first year of school, in which she absolutely hated, Dill returns in the summer, and Jem, Scout and Dill attempt to catch a glimpse of Boo, which almost gets them shot by Arthur’s brother, Nathan, and caught by their father. During Scout’s second year of school,

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