To kill a mockingbird part 1.

1. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?In my opinion Harper Lee used an "innocent character" like a young girl so she could explain in a better way why its a sin to kill a mockingbird, expressed as a metaphor of how the society is killing negroes for no reason but prejudges and ignorance.2. How does Jem and Scout's views of Boo Radley change during  part 1 of the book?At the start they had a lot of questions of this Boo Radley, it just seemed so scary, a guy who never goes out, with a not really great past, living in a house with his brother, was just mysterious for them and of course they had a lot of questions about him, why?, how?, etc. It's that why they have a lot of interest with him in the first chapters, but with time they lost the interest because of many facts such as the burn of the house of their neighbor and such.

3. Atticus tells the children several times that they need to walk in someone else's shoes before judging the person. Describe times when Atticus, Scout or Jem walk in someone else's shoes. How does this change how they view the situations? What role does this advice play in sympathy and compassion? 

Well I think that Atticus is always trying to teach his kids not to be a racist and prejudging people, thats why he gives them lots of advice so they don't become a part of the crazy society they we're having on those times, thats why he teaches them how to behave well and respect Negroes. This changes a lot of things in the way of thinking from Scout and Jem, as well the sin he told them  helps them understand why the society is being damaged by the society itself and what kind of world they're living in.

4. How do you think Atticus managed his role as a single parent? 

I think he did a good job raising his child's, giving them good moral lessons, good education. such as writing, reading, etc. and gave them a good sustain in the economic way.

5. Discuss race issues in part 1 of the book.

Well of course there was a lot of rational issues in the book, mainly because of the context of production, thats why it shows a lots of issues such as Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, etc. I think it was a real issue in those days but it wasn't an issue for white people then, still they were damaging the society.

6. From your reading of part 1, What does To Kill a Mockingbird teach us about how people cope with issues of race and class? Do you classify people in your world as different "folks?" Do you see those sort of distinctions 

The title thing is all a metaphor of how we damage the society, using the Mockingbirds in comparison to Black people, of how we're killing people slowly, damaging them with no reason but pre-judges. I always thought that theres different class of people, Asians, Jews, Christians, Rich, Poor, and infinite number of examples, but if we look through the skin we all have the same, a heart, a brain, etc. we're all equal after all.

7. Who is your favorite character from part 1 and why?

I think that Scout its my favorite, she is just too innocent and makes everything so easy, but Atticus is also important because she does what Atticus says and learns from him, so without Atticus theres no real Scout, these both characters are really important for the book and they both complement themselves.