To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 1 Scout (Jean Louise) Finch narrates the story, beginning with a brief family history. Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary journeyed from England to Alabama, establishing the family which made its living from cotton on Simon"s homestead, Finch"s Landing. The Civil War left the family only its land, which was the source of family incomes until the twentieth century when Atticus Finch (Scout"s father) and his brother Jack left …showed first 75 words of 3709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3709 total…The younger Scout still cannot understand why things should or should not be done. For example, she cannot understand why Atticus never told his children about his ability to shoot. On the other hand, Jem, the older child, is beginning to have a sense of values. He realizes that being a man, and more importantly, a gentleman, is not just in acting and talking. It is knowing when Bibliography To Kill a Mocking Bird book