To kill a mockingbird, chapter 1

Chapter 1, Questions

1.-What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch and his family? 

Maycomb was a very little town in the countryside of U.S. where everyone knows each other. Also the town was poor, it doesn`t have anything special and most of the people were farmers. Atticus finch was a lawyer with an accomodate situation in Maycomb. He have two sons, Scout and Jem wich were young and go to school.

2.-Describe Calpurnia as Scout depicts her in Chapter 1

Calpurnia is despicted as a tyrannical person, who criticizes Scout everytime she can. Basicly, she was a very conflicting person who wasn``t afraid to say what she thinks

3.-What does Dill dare Jem to do?

Dill dare Jem to go and touch the Radley house.

4.-The townspeople of Maycomb have some fears and superstitions about the Radley place. Describe these fears and superstitions.

People said that it was a cursed house, that the Radley family was a bad family, because they didn't go to church. Their doors were always closed, so they were quite strange people.  Also they were afraid of "Boo" Radley because  when he was young he was part of the closest thing to a gang Maycomb ever see, and after that and another incident, he would never went out of his house anymore.

5.-How important is bravery to Jem?

  For Jem, bravery was a very important thing because he had a sister, Scout, and he can't be coward in front of her.

6.-What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint of the story?

 I notice that the narrator was  Scout,  Atticus daughter. She was a very little and innocent girl, so her narrative voice is also like very childish  and innocent.