To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The setting is Maycomb in Alabama which is a deep south state. It's about the time of the great depression. The protagonist is Scout who is a young girl. Through her eyes, the story goes. She has a brother named Jem, and father, Atticus, who is a lawyer. The part 1 was mainly about her usual life and a little effect of defending an African American.
I like Scout. She is honest and thoughtful, not precocious. Jem and Scout are very close. Jem is very wide hearted because he plays with her and he looks after her. Even after he had kind of grown up a little, he shoos her but never hit her. Come to think of it, Scout and Jem may tease each other but never gets a serious fight with each other. They don't hate each other. The story gives me the impression of them close and care about each other, never hurt each other. I think it is because of Atticus, who never hit Scout. Scout trusts Atticus and he always tries to talk with her whenever they have some kind of problem. Somehow, Atticus is more like an older person like than a father. I mean someone like grandma.