Characters (1)
This character is Tom Robinson's defense attorney and believes in racial equality.
Who is Atticus Finch?
This character gets his pants caught under a wire fence attempting to escape the Radley yard.
Who is Jem Finch?
This was the reason Atticus was called an "n-word lover" several times throughout the story (to his face and to his children).
What is his choice to defend Tom Robinson (well) in court?
This represents innocence; it is a sin to kill one.
What is a mockingbird?
This is the source of enmity between people like Walter Cunningham Sr. and people like Tom Robinson.
What is race?
This character is the neighborhood gossip and spreads rumors about Boo Radley.
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford?
This character is the sweet older woman down the block who bakes the Finch children cakes and loves flowers.
Who is Miss Maudie Atkinson?
This showed us that Boo Radley's older brother, Nathan, was cruel and wanted to keep him isolated from society.
What is the filling of the tree hole with cement?
This item symbolizes Boo Radley's care for the Finch children when it appears on the night of Miss Maudie's house fire.
What is the blanket?
To Kill a Mockingbird is this TYPE of story for Scout and Jem because it shows the process of growing up.
What is a 'coming of age' story?
This is the character who asks Atticus to shoot a rabid dog in the street and later warns him that a lynch mob is out to get Tom Robinson.
Who is Sheriff Heck Tate?
This character is a mother figure to Scout and Jem and works as a cook in the Finch house.
Who is Calpurnia?
This event was compared to "the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children."
What is the murder of Tom Robinson?
These two characters are from different plot lines; they are the main 'mockingbirds' in the story.
Who are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley?
Jem believes this is what gives a person "background" and social privilege; Calpurnia shows this when she passes it on to her son.
What is literacy/the ability to read and write?
This man is head of the Maycomb Tribune and has been reformed (from someone racist to someone who condemns racism).
Who is Mr. Braxton Bragg Underwood?
This character is the alleged victim of rape and grows red flowers in the otherwise squalid Ewell home.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
This is one of the two main reasons Scout dislikes Aunt Alexandra.
What is she is racist?
or
What is she forces Scout to "be a lady"?
This item Mr. Dolphus Raymond carries could symbolize something innocent that is misunderstood by society (like his relationship with a black woman).
What is the paper bag with a Coca Cola inside?
This is what Aunt Alexandra believes makes people like the Finches socially superior to people like the Cunninghams.
What is wealth/class/background/heritage?
This is the FULL name (not nickname) of the story's narrator.
What is 'Jean Louise Finch'?
This is the FULL name (not nickname) of the Finch children's best friend who stays with his Aunt Rachel in the summer.
What is 'Charles Baker Harris'?
This was Mayella Ewell's motivation in accusing Tom Robinson of rape (according to Atticus).
What is shame/guilt?
Ladies like Miss Gates who dress nice, seem polite, condemn Hitler's treatment of the Jews, and speak of charity but are actually racist and cruel represent this idea to Scout.
What is hypocrisy?
Jem believes that people's senseless cruelty and hatred for those who are different explains this mysterious circumstance.
What is Boo Radley's choice to stay inside his house?