The book starts with the main character, Scout, reminiscing about how her brother, Jem, got his arm broken. Scout tells the story of how her family, the Finch's, ended up living in Maycomb County. Jem and Scout become friends with a young boy named Dill, who comes to Maycomb every summer. Radley House and the Radley family are introduced and we are told that all of the children in Maycomb County are scared of the Radley family. Dill dares Jem to knock on the door of Radley House, but Jem chickens out and simply touches the house and runs.
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it" - Page 11
"There was no hurry for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County" - Page 11
"But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself" - Page 11
"The Radley House fascinated Dill. In spite of our warnings and explanations it drew him as the moon draws water" - Page 14
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