The Narrator and Daughter of Atticus.
Who is Scout Finch?
The mad dog symbolizes this
The Character that said "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"
Who is Atticus?
The rabid dog Atticus shoots symbolizes this.
What is Atticus is trying to protect his community from racism?
The town that the story takes place in.
What is Maycomb, Alabama?
The person Scout recongineizes outside of the jail.
Who is Mr. Cunningham?
A Mockingbird symbolizes this
What is innocence, or an innocent person being prosecuted for no reason?
This character said, "Hey, Boo."
Who is Scout?
Jem becomes upset after the trial’s outcome, showing his growing awareness that justice is not always fair.
How do we see that Jem is starting to understand the world is unjust?
What is the 1930's?
This is the person who shot at the children.
Who is Nathan Radley?
The lynch mob represents this
What are racism, prejudice, and hatred?
This character said, "The way that man called him 'boy' all the time and sneered at him... Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that -- it just makes me sick."
Who is Dill?
From his relief to learn his broken elbow wouldn't stop him from passing and punting, we can infer that this sport was Jem Finch's absolute passion.
What is football?
Scout's age at the end of the book.
What is 8?
When a "cootie" crawls out of his hair in To Kill a Mockingbird, this filthy first-grader gives us all the proof we need that his parents are neglectful, uneducated outcasts.
Who is Burris Ewell?
Mrs. Dubose's last camellia to Jem represents this.
What is forgiveness or racism?
This Character says, "I tell you there are good but misguided people in this town...Folks in this town who think they're doing right, I mean."
Who is Mrs. Merriweather?
Scout repeatedly uses curse words and picks fights at school, allowing us to infer that she is trying to achieve this specific outcome with Atticus.
What does Scout do to try to get out of school?
Where Dill, Jem and Scout sit during the trial.
What is the blacony with the black people and reverend Sykes?
She passed away when Scout was two years old.
What happned to Mrs. Finch?
Mayella's geraniums represent this.
What is foolishness/stupidity?
This character said, "Cry about the simple hell people give other people-- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people, too."
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
Dolphus Raymond pretends to be drunk so others can explain away his lifestyle choices without questioning their own beliefs.
What does Dolphus pretend to do so that it gives society an excuse to accept him?
What is she died of a sudden heart attack?