To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee | Discuss the opening few pages of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird.

Harper Lee's first few pages of To Kill a Mocking Bird create mystery and intrigue. It isn't until after the first few pages that we begin to learn what is actually happening in the story. The first page is much like the first few chapters, they don't seem to be going anywhere. Scout's voice seems to change from an innocent child's to a more mature adult quite often. This indicates that Scout is looking back …

…names and ages of the characters, their interests (American Football), the location (USA) and some miscellaneous moments of their lives. The start of To Kill a Mocking Bird draws you into the book which keeps you interested and introduces the innocence of the children, the innocence which is later violated in the story. I think the beginning of TKAMB is a very good one as it instantly makes you want to read the next page.