Synonyms
Rumored to have stabbed his father with scissors
Arthur "Boo" Radley
The Cunninghams do this to pay Atticus
Give him firewood, nuts, vegetables, and other goods
Atticus forbids the children from shooting mockingbirds for this reason
Innocent creatures who bring beauty and joy to the world should never be harmed.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
Atticus Finch
The group/family at the bottom of the social structure in Maycomb
African-Americans
Functions like a mother for Scout and Jem
Calpurnia
Jem does this on a dare
Touches the Radley House
Calpurnia teaches Scout this life lesson after she embarrasses Walter Cunningham at the dinner table
Treat everyone equally, respect the ways of others even if they are different from your own
"I swear before God if I'll sit there and let him say somethin' about Atticus
Scout Finch
The Ewell family is allowed to do this out of season
Hunt
He/she visits every summer from Meridian, Mississippi
Dill
The children do this to try and contact Boo Radley
Deliver a note through the window
Atticus teaches Scout this life lesson about judging people
Climb into someone else's skin and walk around in it
Calpurnia describes this character when she says, "There goes the meanest man God ever blew breath into"
Mr. Radley Senior
Scout hears this when she hits into the Radley house
Laughter
He -- and his lice -- only come to school on the 1st day to avoid punishment and the truant officer.
Burris Ewell
Scout gets into a fight with these two boys for criticizing Atticus
Cecil Jacobs and Francis
Scout learns this when she asks why the Ewells don't have to go to school and are allowed to break other laws
The difference between laws and social norms; bending the law for the greater good
"Your father does not know how to teach."
Miss Caroline
Describe three (3) acts of kindness on the part of Boo Radley
- Leaves gifts
- Folds and mends Jem's pants
- Places a blanket on Scout
Infected with a terrible disease
Tim Johnson
Scout gets in trouble on her first day of school these two (2) things
- Knowing how to read
- Explaining that the teacher was shaming Walter Cunningham
Jem learns the lesson of "true courage" after spending time with Mrs. Dubose
- Seeing something through no matter what
- Knowing that your 'licked' or beaten from the start, but trying anything
"Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Miss Maudie
The name of the Finch family's plantation established by Simon Finch from England
Finch's Landing