Characters
This character is the narrator of the novel
Scout
Isolated, never steps foot outside, saves Jem and Scout
Boo Radley
This woman's house burns down but she is resilient about it
Miss Maudie
Finch, Cunningham, Ewell, black people
Levels of Society
The setting of the story--place and time period
Maycomb, Alabama, 1933-1935
This character gets his arm broken
Jem
Accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter
Bob Ewell
This character tried to kill Jem and Scout in order to get back at Atticus
Bob Ewell
"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"
Perspective
The author of the book
Harper Lee
This character is Scout's father and a lawyer
Atticus Finch.
Poor, comes from a farming family, classmate of Scout, cannot afford lunch money
Walter Cunningham Jr.
Atticus' personal reason for taking on the case of Tom Robinson
He believes it is the right thing to do
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win..."
Courage
The protagonist of the novel
Scout
This character is the same age as Scout and comes to visit Maycomb every summer. (Hint: He won a beautiful child contest!)
Dill
Sheriff of Maycomb, asks Atticus to shoot a dog, tampers with evidence
Heck Tate
The game Jem, Scout, and Dill play when Dill returns to Maycomb for summer
"Boo Radley"
Innocence
Scout's real name
Jean Louise Finch
This character is the Finch's cook
Calpurnia
Mean, old, morphine addict who demonstrates courage
Mrs. Dubose
"If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?"
Levels of Society
The president of the United States when the novel takes place
Franklin D. Roosevelt