Younger Generation
This teacher is new to town and does not like Scout very much
Miss Caroline Fisher
Father of the Finch children; respected lawyer
Father of the Finch children; respected lawyer
This is the ancestral home of the Finches founded when Simon Finch first came to the country. It's where the family goes to spend Christmas with Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack.
Finch's Landing
What historical time period does the story take place?
The Great Depression
Focuses on the social, economic, political, and psychological forces that shape the narrative of male domination and/or societal expectations of specific groups.
Gender Lens
Narrator of the novel; tomboy description
Narrator of the novel; tomboy description
Loyal housekeeper for the Finches; maternal role.
Calpurnia
What does Atticus help Scout do, something they keep a secret between them?
Read
Where does the story take place?
Maycomb, Alabama
Examines how the economic and social conditions of the time period in which a work was written influence the story and its characters. Class system!
Socioeconomic Lens
Boo's real name from birth is?
Arthur
Rarely scene person; “boogeyman” mythos to kids
Rarely scene person; “boogeyman” mythos to kids
How old was Scout when her mother tragically died, leaving her with little knowledge of her parent?
Two
Who is the resident living at another house avoided by the children because she is considered “the meanest person” in their eyes?
Mrs. Dubose
Focuses on the unconscious desires, fears, and anxieties of the author and the characters in the story.
Psychological Lens
Friend of Scout; hopes to see Boo Radley outside
Dill
Who is being accused of a crime and defended by Atticus?
Tom Robinson
What happens to the hole in the tree outside where Scout and Jem usually put things?
The Radley's filled the hole with cement, blaming the tree's death, but really preventing its use.
What strange event occurs in Maycomb that hasn’t happened in a very long time?
It is a cold winter, and it snows outside.
This is the name given to the series of laws that were meant to keep freed slaves from having equal protection under the US Constitution mainly in the American South.
Jim Crow Laws
Cecil Jacobs angers Scout very heavily by raising his issues with what?
This Finch doesn't like the Finch's servant being in the home and thinks Scout is being raised poorly.
Aunt Alexandra
How does Atticus describe God?
He says God is to love everyone the way you love yourself.
Why is it considered a “sin” to kill Mockingbirds in the story?
Mockingbirds are innocent creatures, they do not bother anyone and just provide joy.
This family is often unkept, consistently allows their children to miss school, and very angry/confrontational.
The Ewells