To Kill a Mockingbired: Opening pages

1)Who is the narrator and what, if anything, do you find out about him or her? Is the narrative written in the third or the first person?

Scout who is older than six years old, as she is remembering how did her brother, Jem, got his elbow broken. It is written in first person, as the quote "I maintain that the Ewells started it all...", states.

2)Apart from the narrator, what other characters are introduced? What do you learn about them?

Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia;

Simon Finch, Alexandra Finch, Jack Finch;

Mr. and Mrs. Radley, Arthur Radley;

Dill, Miss Rachel;

Cecil, Mrs. Henry Lefayette Dubose, Miss Stephanie Crawford, The Cunninghams.

They all leave in Maycomb County.

3)What is the setting? How is it described? What is the atmosphere like?

Maycomb County that is described as "an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it".  The atmosphere is slow, without any hurry as if the days were longer than they really were. However, there was a sort of optimistic mood as "Maycomb County had recently been toldmthat it had nothing to fear but fear itself".

4)Does the story begin at the beginning? The middle? Or near the end?

At the middle, but then it return to its very first beginning: "When I was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow...I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it really began with Andrew Jackson..."

5)Is the writting simple, complex, staightforward or mysterious? Look at imagery, diction and sintax.

Simple and mysterious, it is not composed by any rethorical device but introduces some elements to catch the reader who keeps on reading.

6)Do you have any idea what the novel is going to be about? Are there any hints as to what the theme will be?

About Atticus unpopularity as he fights for a black people rights. Racism and prejudgment.

7)Do you want to read further? If so, how does the author arouse your curiosity?

Yes, I do. Adding some mistery to the plot. The fourth chapter, for instance ends stating: "Someone inside the house was laughing", alluding to the Radley House.

Characters

1)Is there information about appearances, behaviour or about character's iner thoughts and feelings?

Just about behaviour, Scout is not able to know character's iner thoughts or feelings as she is no an omniscient narrator.

2)Is it posible to detect what the author's attitude is to the character? Sometimes names are clues.

It is detaching, even between Scout and her father.