This story is "To kill a mockingbird bird graphic novel"

The novel opens up with the lines, "When He was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm

badly broken at the elbow ... when enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we

sometimes discussed the events leading up to his accident." What does this tell us, the reader, about

how this story is going to be told?

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Alexandria Fields

21 August, 13:09

This story is "To kill a mockingbird bird graphic novel"

The novel opens up with the lines, "When He was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm

badly broken at the elbow ... when enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we

sometimes discussed the events leading up to his accident." What does this tell us, the reader, about

how this story is going to be told?

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Jaidyn Vasquez · Answer 1

It will be told in past tense.

Explanation:

We know what is going to happen, but the Harper Lee's clever, cunning writing causes us to easily forget. Scout is the narrator, and beginning like this shows that it's in past tense. Also Scout knows what will happen. As the reader it tells us that Scout is retelling a story--a story about her and Jem and all the things they encounter.