Summarize Chapter 1 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

In Chapter 1, the narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, is telling the story in retrospect, of why her brother Jem broke his arm. Scout explains her family's history, specifically, how her ancestor Simon Finch immigrated from England and settled on the banks of the Alabama River, building a homestead that he named Finch's Landing. She describes her father's background and mentions that he left Finch's Landing to study law in Montgomery. Atticus paid for his...

In Chapter 1, the narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, is telling the story in retrospect, of why her brother Jem broke his arm. Scout explains her family's history, specifically, how her ancestor Simon Finch immigrated from England and settled on the banks of the Alabama River, building a homestead that he named Finch's Landing. She describes her father's background and mentions that he left Finch's Landing to study law in Montgomery. Atticus paid for his brother, John Hale Finch, to study medicine before returning to Maycomb County. Scout describes the town of Maycomb as an old southern town where people move slowly. She writes about the family cook, Calpurnia, and explains how her mother died of a heart-attack when she was two years old. Following her introduction to the novel, she begins to tell the story starting when Charles Baker Harris, better known as Dill, arrives in the summer. Scout describes the personality of Dill and mentions the myths surrounding the Radley household. Scout and the children believe the false neighborhood rumors of the "malevolent phantom" named Boo Radley. Boo's unfortunate personal history is discussed, which includes his youthful antics and seclusion from society. The chapter ends when Dill dares Jem to touch the side of the Radley house. Jem touches the house and runs back into his yard unscathed.