Characters
The narrator of the novel.
Who is Scout?
This character encourages Scout and Jem to try to get Boo Radley to come out.
Who is Dill?
This theme is symbolised by the mockingbird and Scout's childlike narration.
What is innocence?
This language technique is demonstrated by Scout's first person reflection on the events.
What is narration?
This character says: "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Who is Miss Maudie?
The Finch family's cook.
Who is Calpurnia?
This character kills a rabid dog, much to the amazement of his children.
Who is Atticus?
This theme is represented by the attitudes towards Tom Robinson.
What is race/racism?
An example of this language technique is the mockingbird.
What is motif/symbolism?
This character said: "A mob's always made up of people, no matter what... A gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human."
Who is Atticus?
The Finch's neighbour. She is kind to Scout and Jem.
Who is Miss Maudie?
This character watches with a double-barrelled shotgun as the mob confront Atticus while he is protecting Tom.
Who is Mr Underwood?
This theme is inked to racism, and is evident in the fact that Tom is convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
What is injustice?
This style of language describes Atticus's way of speaking.
What is formal language?
This character says: "Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr Finch. Let the dead bury the dead."
Who is Heck Tate?
She accuses Tom Robinson of raping her.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
This character is shot trying to escape from prison.
Who is Tom Robinson?
This theme is embodied in the quote: "You never really understand a person ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
What is equality/tolerance/understanding?
This style of language describes Scout's way of speaking.
What is slang/vernacular?
This character says: "You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language."
Who is Calpurnia?
He pretends to be drunk, but it's just Coca-Cola.
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
This character kills Bob Ewell while Ewell is trying to kill Scout and Jem.
Who is Arthur 'Boo' Radley?
This message on the theme of racism is embodied in Atticus's closing speech when he says: "There is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court."
All races are equal and deserve equal and fair treatment.
This language technique is seen in words like "druthers", "yonder" and "Negroes".
What is language of the time and place?
This character says: "They could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live."
Who is Dolphus Raymond?