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Chapter 3:

• Does Scout learn anything from Walter's visit? What do you think this is?  
• Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Provide two other examples.

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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?

The narrator is a girl named scout and it is in first person. At the beginning you find out about where she live and the people in her life.

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

Connection	People
Main Family	Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia
Family Relatives	Simon Finch, Alexandra Finch, Jack Finch
Family That Live Nearby	Mr. Radley, Boo Radley, Nathan Radley
Neighbours	Dill, Miss Rachel
Other People Living Nearby	Cecil, Mrs. Henry Lefayette Dubose, Miss Stephanie Crawford, The Cunninghams, Mr. Conner

All of the characters live in Maycomb.

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

The town Maycomb is described as a typical 1930 southern town were everything is slow creating the feel of a place with no much live.

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

The story begins with the main character remembering a past event and then from this she goes to the beginning when everything started.

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

The language used is simple and easy to understand.

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 the life of the time and the things the girl encounters as she grows up.

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

I could as the story is interesting and not to boring.

Characters

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

in the opening the narrator only gives indications as to behaviour and  not inner thoughts and feelings as she is introducing everything.

2)Look at the language, syntax, structure and imagery to indicate how characters are presented.

They are presented with there connections to the main character in a sort of chronological order.

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

She is sort of telling part of her life as some of the characters reflect people in her life so they are the same person with a few twists.

Writing test

Speaking Test Video

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the food storage

To get her hungry canine some solids to eat,

When she got there

The cupboard had been robbed 

So the canine had none anywhere.

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