To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapter 1

Here I'll answer some questions about the first chapter of "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Calpurnia in "To Kill a Mockingbird" movie.

1. What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch and his family? : About the place of Maycomb, they say that it's an old town, were they aren't any children apart from Jem and Scout. It's not a big city, it's quite poor. Atticus is the father of Jean-Louise Finch and Jeremy Atticus Finch. He is a lawyer, and because of his work, he isn't close to his children. The family itself are them plus Calpurnia, the housekeeper. Jem and Scout's mother passed away when she was two years old, four years ago.
2. Describe Calpurnia as Scout depicts her in Chapter 1.: She is a African-American housekeeper, very skinny, with big hands, and according to Scout, her presence is quite tyrannical. Atticus often is by her side in the discussions.
3. What does Dill dare Jem to do?: To go and touch Boo Radley's house, so he would come out and they could see him (because nobody never saw him, he never went out).
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. People didn't like Boo because when he was young he formed something similar to a gang in the town, and they were never gangs in Maycomb.
5. How important is bravery to Jem?: It is one of the most important things for him. And one of the motifs of this, is because he has 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?: The narrator is the character Scout, so everything we read is told by her, with her feelings and thoughts in between the story. It's an innocent point of view of the situations.

Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird" movie.