SUMMARy oF CHAPTERS oNE AND TWo
A yoUNG GiRL NAMED JEAN LoUiSE FiNCH, oR SCoUT, LiVES oN A SMALL FARM iN MAYCoMB, ALABAMA. THiS ALL TAKES PLACE DURiNG THE GREAT DEPRESSioN. SHE LiVES WiTH JEREMy, oR JEM [HER oLDER BRoTHER], ATTiCUS [HER FATHER], ALEXANDRiA [HER SiSTER], AND CALPURNiA [THEiR CooK]. EVEN THoUGH CALPURNiA iS THE CooK, SHE iS ALSo KiND oF LiKE THEiR MoTHER, BECAUSE SCoUT'S MoTHER DiED WHEN SHE WAS 2 AND JEM WAS 6. So JEM REMEMBERS HER WELL ENoUGH AND GETS VERy EMoTioNAL AND DEPRESSED WHEN THEy BRiNG HER UP.
EVERy SUMMER A Boy NAMED CHARLES B. HARRiS, oR DiLL, MoVES iN WiTH MiSS RACHEL HAVERFoRD [HiS AUNT] RiGHT NEXT DooR To THE FiNCH PLACE. DURiNG THAT TiME ATTiCUS WoULD HAVE JEM, DiLL, AND SCoUT READ AND ACT oUT SToRiES. THEy WoULD ALWAyS FANTiSiZE ABoUT THE MySTERioUS Boo RADLEy. So oNE DAy THEY TRY To CoME UP WiTH AN iDEA oF LURiNG HiM oUT oF HiS HoUSE. THERE WERE MANy SToRiES THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD ABoUT HoW HiS WAyS ARE BUT No oNE HAS HAD THE GUTS To TRy To PRoVE iT. THAT'S WHEN DiLL DECiDED To DARE JEM To ToUCH THE HoUSE, AND JEM DiDN'T WANT To SEEM LiKE A PUNK AND CHiCKEN oUT So HE TooK THE DARE. HE RAN AS FAST AS HE CoULD To THE HouSE, ToUCHED iT, AND RAN BACK. THE oNLy THiNG HE SAW WAS THE SHUTTER MoVE AS iF THERE WAS SoMEoNE LooKiNG oUT THE WiNDoW.
oNCE SUMMER ENDS DiLL WiLL HAVE To LEAVE AND SCoUT WiLL HAVE To START SCHooL FoR THE VERy FiRST TiME. HER FiRST DAY WAS GoiNG GooD...UNTiL SHE MET MiSS CARoLiNE [HER TEACHER]. THE TEACHER HAD oFFERED A BoY iN THE CLASS A QUARTER FoR LUNCH, BUT THE BoY WoULD NoT ACCEPT iT. So SCoUT STooD UP iN FRoNT oF THE CLASS AND EXPLAiNED WHy HE WoULD'T TAKE THE MoNEY, AND MiSS CARoLiNE TooK iT THE WRoNG WAy AND SLAPPED SCoUT'S HAND WiTH A RULER. SooN AFTER THAT, WHiLE THEy WERE TAKiNG THEiR READiNG LESSoN MiSS CARoLiNE NoTiCED THAT SCoUT ALREADy KNEW HoW To READ A LiTTLE BiT AND GoT MAD AT HER FoR THAT.