To Kill a Mocking Bird – Chapter 1 Synopsis

In chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird the story begins from the perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who lives in a rural town in Alabama, 1930’s. She lives with her older brother, Jem, her father, Atticus and their cook, Calpernia. We later are introduced to their neighbor, a small boy the same age as Jem named Charles, but is known by the name Dill. Their bounds in which they are allowed to play are subtended by a house in which the Radley’s dwell, a family who are regarded are pariahs of the town and little is known about their professions or lifestyles. We are told Mr Radley has one son, little is know about the boy apart from that he was associated with a local gang of teenagers like him who were caught vandalizing public property and has not been seen since. Dill is intensely curious about the Radley’s and dares Jem to try to get Mr Radley to come outside of his house, Jem is reluctant and they settle for him touching the Radley’s front door. No response is seen apart from a shutter in the window open and close.