Characters
The narrator of the novel; a little girl who dresses and behaves like a boy
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
The decade the story is set in
1930s
"She'd call me in, suh. Seemed like everytime I passed by yonder, she'd have somethin' for me to do-- choppin', kindlin', or totin' water for her."
Tom Robinson
Tom's disability
Left arm was caught in a cotton gin; he cannot move it
Scout teaches Uncle Jack to
hear both sides of an issue
Woman who loves plants and gardening and tells the kids it is a sin to kill a mockingbird
Miss Maudie
The reason Bob Ewell spits in Atticus's face
He has sworn revenge against Atticus for disgracing him in court
"Will you take me home?"
Boo Radley
Where Jem and Scout sit during the trial
with Reverend Sykes on the balcony
Scout learns to understand people by following Atticus's advice to
walk around in other peoples' skin
The town's newspaper editor, who writes about Tom's death
Mr. Underwood
Jem's punishment after he destroys Mrs. Dubose's flowers
"Foot-washers believe anything that's pleasure's a sin. Did you know some of 'em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me, me. and my flowers were going to hell?"
Miss Maudie
The reason Mayella thinks Atticus is mocking her
Why does Atticus say Mrs. Dubose is the bravest person he ever knew
She chose to overcome her addiction to morphine at the end of her life
Man who fills the knothole with cement on the Radley property to cut off communication between Boo and the kids
Nathan Radley
The reason Scout is bothered by her teacher's discussion of persecution put in place by Hitler
Her teacher says that prejudice and persecution against anyone is wrong, but then says terrible things about African Americans
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point-of-view."
Atticus Finch
The person who actually beat Mayella Ewell
Her father, Bob Ewell
Maycomb's usual disease
Prejudice/Racism
A rabid dog that Atticus must shoot
Tim Johnson
What Jem does that breaks the final code of childhood
Tells Atticus that Dill is hiding in their house
"My paw's never touched a hair o' my head in his life. He never touched me."
Mayella Ewell
Atticus aims his final plea to the jury's individual consciences by
making them admit their own personal prejudices
How does Atticus define courage
By maintaining a course of action despite your chances of losing