Here are nine events mentioned in the first 13 paragraphs of To Kill a Mockingbird, written in the order in which they appear in the text. But in what order did they really happen? Work with your classmates to number the events chronologically. Two of the events are referenced in the Historical Background feature earlier in this activity.

The story of Echo makes it a myth because it seeks to explain a natural phenomenon. 

The story of Echo explains why sounds echo. Echo was cursed to repeat on the last word someone had just spoken. This story explains the natural phenomenon of the echo -- because Ancient Greeks would not have understood what causes sounds to echo, the myth of Echo explains it.