To kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 1

In chapter one of To kill a Mockingbird Scout the narrator describes the back story of her past leading up to her father and begins the tale of explaining how her older brother,Jem got into a terrible accident that injures his arm.  Scout has learned in recent years that '[she] had nothing to fear but fear itself'(pg.6,p.1)and that even though' there was no hurry, nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with' it was still vitally important to not fear and remain optimistic in the tough times of the Great Depression. I find the sense of optimism shared by many in the very beginning of the epidemic to be very awe inspiring in the fact that even there President was telling them to have no fear everything will eventually work itself out. But, even though it took a very long amount of time to actually be considered fixed the people still persevered and survived during these unimaginable circumstances. I admired how the narrator, Scout was able to include that in her monologues somewhat and toughed upon Roosevelt's very famous words. I'm somewhat confused however on the character Dill and why the Finch kids trusted him so quickly, especially in regards to messing with Boo Radley.