THE FINCH FAMILY
The widowed lawyer in Maycomb who acts as the moral compass for his children.
ATTICUS FINCH
The imaginative boy from Meridian, Mississippi, who visits his Aunt Rachel every summer.
DILL, AKA CHARLES BAKER HARRIS
The object Jem loses on the Radley fence while trying to escape a shotgun blast.
PANTS
The specific animal Atticus says it is a sin to kill because they do nothing but make music.
MOCKINGBIRD
Scout’s first-grade teacher who is horrified to learn that Scout can already read and write.
MISS CAROLINE, MISS CAROLINE FISHER
The narrator of the story, a young tomboy who begins the novel at nearly six years old.
ACCEPTABLE ANSWERS: SCOUT, JEAN-LOUIS FINCH, SCOUT FINCH
The reclusive neighbor who hasn't been seen outside his house in twenty-five years.
BOO RADLEY, ARTHUR RADLEY
The reason Nathan Radley gives for filling the knot-hole in the live oak tree with cement.
THE TREE IS "DYING"
The central metaphor for empathy Atticus teaches Scout involves climbing into another person’s this.
THEIR SKIN
The proud but poor classmate who refuses to take a quarter from the teacher because he cannot pay it back.
WALTER CUNNINGHAM
Scout’s older brother who loves football and takes a dare to touch the Radley house.
JEM FINCH, JEREMY FINCH
The "neighborhood scold" who provides the children with most of their gossip about the Radleys.
MISS STEPHANIE CRAWFORD
The surprise weather event that occurs in Maycomb for the first time since 1885.
SNOW
Atticus’s definition of this trait is when "you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway"
REAL COURAGE
The "disgrace of Maycomb" family that is permitted to hunt out of season because the father spends relief checks on whiskey.
The Finch family cook who acts as a strict but loving surrogate mother.
CALPURNIA
A trusted neighbor who loves gardening in her azaleas and bakes cakes for the children.
MISS MAUDIE, MISS MAUDIE ATKINSON
The secret gift Boo Radley places around Scout’s shoulders during the fire at Miss Maudie’s house.
BLANKET, BROWN WOOLEN BLANKET
This literary device is used when the narrator, an older Scout, looks back and explains the events leading to Jem’s broken arm.
FORESHADOWING
The Black man Atticus is assigned to defend, leading to conflict for Scout at school.
TOM ROBINSON
The fur-trapping apothecary ancestor who established the homestead at Finch’s Landing.
SIMON FINCH
The elderly neighbor known as the "meanest old woman who ever lived" and who battles a morphine addiction.
MRS. DUBOSE, MRS. HENRY LAFAYETTE DUBOSE
The nickname Atticus earned as a boy because he was the "deadest shot in Maycomb County".
OL' ONE SHOT
This character is a human "mockingbird" because he provides silent gifts and protection but is feared by the town.
BOO RADLEY, ARTHUR RADLEY
The name of the rabid dog that Atticus must shoot to protect the neighborhood.
TIM JOHNSON