Characters
Scout’s older brother
Jem Finch
Jem destroys her flowers
Mrs. Dubose's
The lynch mob disperses because this character’s words brought them to their senses
This character symbolizes a mockingbird at the end of the novel
Boo Radley
(Tom & Atticus are also mockingbird symbols from the novel.)
Lawyer who defends a black man.
Atticus Finch
Scout’s first grade teacher
Miss Caroline
Scout hears this when she rolls into the Radley yard
Laughter from inside the house
During Atticus’s cross examination of Mayella, he tries to get her to admit this
Her father (Bob) was the one who beat her.
The mad dog symbolizes this.
Racism (Citizens of Maycomb infected with racism, just as the dog is infected with rabies)
Mysterious neighbor the children have never seen.
Boo Radley (until the end, when Scout sees him)
Dill’s aunt; the Finch’s neighbor
Miss Rachel
Jem says Scout shouldn’t eat the gum she finds in the Radley tree because…
It'll kill her
Scout and Dill learn that Dolphus pretends to do what?
Drink alcohol/act drunk
(it’s actually Coca-cola in the bag)
Boo’s gifts to the children symbolize this.
Friendship
She accuses Tom of rape.
Mayella Ewell
Brother of Arthur Radley who rarely speaks
Nathan Radley
This is the best part of summer for Scout
Dill Harris coming to visit
Heck Tate finds what under the big oak on Halloween night?
Bob Ewell dead with a knife wound
Which characters are the main symbols of hypocrisy?
Mrs. Merriweather, Miss Gates, Aunt Alexandra (until the end of the novel)
Lives with the Finches while the trial is going on.
Aunt Alexandra
White man who prefers to live with black people
Dolphus Raymond
Jem realizes Boo is kind when he does this the night of Miss Maudie’s fire
Gives Scout a blanket to keep warm
Atticus says Mayella has broken the time-honored code of…
Tempting an African American
Mayella’s red geraniums symbolized what?
Her deep longing for beauty, love, and a better life
Upright farmer who refuses to accept charity.
Walter Cunningham, Sr.