Summary 1
1. A small
girl Scout Finch, on whose behalf the narration is carried, lives together with
her father Atticus, elder brothe Jem and their family cook Calpurnia in
Maycomb, Southern United States. 2. The town is not very big, and its dwellers
are rather conservative and superstitious: thus, there're bad rumours about the
so-called Radley Place, whose host once confined his only insane son in the
cellar, so that the young man became a kind of ghost. 3. Everybody avoids this
house, but it's also not allowed to make fun of the Radleys, for it may have
serious consequences. 4. Scout and Jem believe in this story and so are very
afraid to visit this house. 5. It's only their new friend Dill who makes them
walk near and even play in front of the building; but sometimes the girl hears
some strange sounds coming from inside. 6. Yet, it's high time for her to go
into the first grade, and here at school she faces new problems, for instance,
in the person of her teacher Miss Caroline, who is not pleased by Scout's
ability to read and write, as some special program for her will be needed. 7.
However, the young educator is just a newcomer here and also has problems with
her new pupils and their morals and manners.
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