Memorable Quotes
Who said:
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Atticus Finch
This was used to roll Scout down the road and eventually into the Radley front steps.
A tire
According to Atticus, these are the great levelers in our country.
Courts
Child who comes to Maycomb to stay with his Aunt Rachel.
Dill
Mayella Ewell
Who said:
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
Scout Finch
The game that Dill claimed made Jem forfeit his pants.
Strip Poker
She was not allowed to attend church with the Finches.
Calpurnia
Comes to live with the Finches before the trial starts.
Aunt Alexandra
Proof of Tom's innocence
Can't use his left arm
Who said:
"Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Miss Maudie Atkinson
They filled in the knothole of the Oak tree so that the kids could no longer receive gifts.
Nathan Radley
Top of the class system, according to Jem.
Ordinary people (townspeople)
The song leader at the First Purchase church and Calpurnia's son.
Zeebo
Leaves the courtroom upset after Tom's testimony
Dill Harris
Who said:
“They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.”
Atticus Finch
He scared Jem and Scout while they were walking to the Halloween pageant.
Cecil Jacobs
Not allowed to serve on a jury
Women and/or Black men
Father of the boy Jem and Scout brought home for lunch one school day.
Walter Cunningham
Embarrassed by Atticus in court
Bob Ewell
Who said:
"It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike—in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em."
Calpurnia
Jem, Scout, and Dill took this from Calpurnia's sewing kit in order to act out a scene in their "Boo Radley" game.
A pair of scissors
Attempted to help Tom Robinson by appointing Atticus to his trial.
Judge Taylor
Wife of the man executed attempting to escape from jail
Helen Robinson
Group of men that spent their days at the courthouse
The Idlers' Club