CHARACTERS 1
CHARACTER 2
CHARACTERS 3
CHARACTERS4
CHARACTERS5
100
A classmate of Scout. He cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble.
What is WALTER CUNNINGHAM
100
The black field hand accused of rape. He is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds,” an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil
What is TOM ROBINSON
100
Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend
What is DILL HARRIS
100
The narrator and protagonist of the story.
What is SCOUT FINCH
100
WRITES WITH HIS LEFT HAND
What is BOB EWELL
200
Bob Ewell’s abused, lonely, unhappy daughter
What is MAYELLA
200
The sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson’s trial. He is a decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger
What is HECK TATE
200
The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family
What is MISS MAUDIE
200
Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family
What is ATTICUS FINCH
200
HYPOCRITE WHO RAN A HALLOWEEN PARTY
What is MISS MERRIWEATHER
300
An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. Although Jem believes that she is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction
What is MRS. DUBOSE
300
The Finches’ black cook. A stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community
What is CALPURNIA
300
A poor farmer and part of the mob that seeks to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail. He displays his human goodness when Scout’s politeness compels him to disperse the men at the jail.
What is MR. WALTER CUNNINGHAM
300
THE neighborhood gossip
What is STEPHANIE CRAWFORD
300
presiding judge in Robinson case
What is JOHN TAYLOR
400
Boo’s older brother. He plugs up the knothole in which Boo leaves presents for the children.
What is NATHAN RADLEY
400
Atticus’s sister, a strong-willed woman with a fierce devotion to her family. Her commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout.
What is ALEXANDRA
400
A drunken, mostly unemployed member of Maycomb’s poorest family. In his knowingly wrongful accusation that Tom Robinson raped his daughter, he represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice
What is BOB EWELL
400
THE wife of A convicted rapist
What is HELEN ROBINSON
400
punished Scout for cursing
What is UNCLE JACK
500
Tom Robinson’s employer. In his willingness to look past race and praise the integrity of Tom’s character, he epitomizes the opposite of prejudice
What is LINK DEAS
500
A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children. He pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among blacks.
What is DOLPHUS RAYMOND
500
A recluse who never sets foot outside his house, he dominates the imaginations of Jem, Scout, and Dill.
What is BOO(ARTHUR) RADLEY
500
The publisher of Maycomb’s newspaper. He respects Atticus and proves his ally. Keeps a gun on the mob that confronts Atticus on the steps of the jail.
What is MR. UNDERWOOD
500
HYPOCRITE SHOCKED BY HITLER'S PERSECUTION OF JEWS
What is MISS GATES
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