Chapter Three - The Compromise

In this chapter, we meet two more characters, Burris Ewell and Walter Cunningham. Burris Ewell is described by Scout to have 'cooties', a dark grey neck, the backs of his hands are rusty and his fingernails are black. He only goes to school for the first day of each year and is very rude to the teacher, he is easily angered. No one argues with him, they accept that he doesn't obey the law. Miss Caroline tries to argue her opinion, but the class tell her not to bother, but she is reluctant to let the subject go.
Walter Cunningham is a more obscure character. On our first encounter with him, Miss Caroline offers him money, but he declines this offer. Scout explains to Miss Caroline he doesn't take what he can't pay back, and Miss Caroline whips her with a ruler and gets her to stand in the corner, which revisits Miss Caroline's stubborn character and pushes the reader more off of her side.
When Scout goes home, Culpurnia, the family cook, is nice to her. Atticus asks Scout to read with him, Scout explains she's been asked not to and asks to not go to school anymore. They agree that if Scout continues to go to school, they can carry on reading secretly.

Chapter Two - Day One of School

The chapter starts off with Dill leaving back to the Meridian. This adds a sense of lonliness to Scout, especially as she attends her first day of school and this feeling of lonliness is revisited when her brother Jem tells her not to talk to him at school. We also meet Scout's teacher, Miss Caroline.
Miss Caroline is presented to have a very closed mind, if anyone has a different opinion to her, they're wrong. This is highlighted when she learns that Scout is literate, so she tells her to stop learning, because she'ss not suppoesd to learn to write until the 3rd grade. Scout is clearly upset by this, and she gets punished for arguing her point. This puts the reader on Scout's side, showing that the author is annoyed or was annoyed about an education system, and the discouragement of learning ahead, the idea that students shouldn't stand out, they should all be at the same level.

Chapter One - Maycomb And The Radley House

In this opening chapter, the text is based around introductions, to both the main characters and the town of Maycomb, especially the Radley House. The first character we meet and the narrator of the book is a young girl called Scout, or her full name, Jean Louise Finch. We are also introduced to her father and her brother, Atticus and Jem. Scout and Jem seem to have a strong relationship at the start of the book, with a typical brother/sister relationship. It also seems apparent from the language that Scout is very educated for her age, as sophisticated language is used throughout her narration. In this first chapter, Jem and Scout meet another young boy, Dill, or his full name, Charles Baker Harris. They become friends pretty quickly and later on in the chapter Dill dares Jem to go and touch the Radley House.
The Radley House is continally described to be sinister and dark, "The old house was the same, droopy and sick". It is apparent that the children are scared but curious of this place. Jem is reluctant to do the dare, but we lean he is easily persuaded though the questioning of his bravery, showing that he is a proud character. He runs quickly and touches the house, sprinting back to the safety of his own house followed by the spectating Dill and Scout.
This chapter also tells the story of Boo Radley, adding to the spookiness of the house, "Boo was bout six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch".