Welcome to the Neighborhood
Despite my age, I’ll fight just about anyone to protect my father’s name—looking at you, Cousin Francis.
Who is Scout?
“Won’t answer a word you say long as you keep on mocking me.”
Who is Mayella Ewell?
Scout's real name is this.
Jean Louise
On her first day of the first grade, Scout gets off on the wrong foot with her teacher, Ms. Caroline, because of these two events.
(1) Scout can already read.
(2) Scout tries to explain Walter Cunningham’s financial situation.
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin ______.”
To kill a mockingbird
I am a “pocket Merlin” hailing from Meridian, Mississippi.
Who is Dill?
“The thing is, what I’m tryin’ to say is—they do get on a lot better without me, I can’t help them any. They ain’t mean. They buy me everything I want, but it’s now-you’ve-got-it-go-play-with-it. You’ve got a roomful of things. I-got-you-that-book-so-go-read-it.”
Who is Dill?
Nathan Radley, brother of “Boo” Radley, gives this explanation when Jem asks why he plugged up the knothole with cement.
The tree was sick.
In a conversation with his brother during Chapter 9, Atticus refers to this as “Maycomb’s usual disease”
What is racism?
“He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by _________ or _________ to nearly every family in the town.”
Blood or marriage
I showed up for the first day of first grade with an extra guest in my hair, causing a commotion in the classroom.
Who is Burris Ewell?
“There are just some kind of men who—who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
Who is Ms. Maudie Atkinson?
A poor but honorable family from Old Sarum that pays Atticus for his services with stovewood and other necessities.
Who are the Cunninghams?
Bob Ewell testifies that he didn’t call a doctor for his daughter because
It would have cost him $5.00.
“Simply because we were _______ a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”
Licked
I am an elderly, sickly neighbor of the Finches. Rumor has it I carry a Confederate pistol under the shawls of my wheelchair.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
“[A]round here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.”
Who is Jem?
Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor on Tom Robinson’s case, uses this physical characteristic to keep both jurors and witnesses focused during trials.
What is his lazy eye?
Atticus says that he would have made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose even if Jem hadn’t killed her flowers. Atticus provides these two reasons for this:
(1) To teach Jem true courage
(2) To help Mrs. Dubose die with dignity
“[B]efore I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is ____ _____ _____.”
A person's conscience
I am Atticus’ brother, a doctor, and a firm (but arguably unfair) disciplinarian towards my niece, Scout.
Who is Jack Finch?
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for, and they have the right to subject their children to it, but I can assure you of one thing: you will receive what you see and hear in silence or you will leave this courtroom, but you won’t leave it until the whole boiling of you come before me on contempt charges.”
Who is Judge Taylor?
At the beginning of the novel, Scout references this as the reason why Atticus prefers not to practice criminal law.
His first two clients were the last men hanged in the Maycomb County jail.
Mr. Link Deas is kicked out of the courtroom during Tom Robinson’s trial because of this:
He stands up in the audience and vouches for Tom’s good character.
“I thought I wanted to be a _______ but I ain’t so sure now!”
Lawyer