Characters
Heck Tate
The Sheriff of Maycomb County
"Didn't you know your daddy's the best shot in this county?"
Heck Tate
Why is Tom Robinson so passive even when he's being falsy accused of murder?
He was a sweet man who knew and understood his fate (at that time)
Knothole
Friendship + communication (reaching out and vulnerability)
Atticus explaining empathy to his children.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." -- Atticus Finch
Little Walter Cunningham's father
Walter Cunningham
'Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, 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
"One person’s wrongdoing can release evil into the entire community" Explain by giving 2 examples.
- Mr. Ewell's lifestyle;
- Miss Mayella's choices;
- The mob at the Finche's house
- The mob at the courthouse
Blanket
Love (caring) and protection
Scout's reaction when she realizes reading was important to her.
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” -- Jean-Louise Finch
Tom Robinson
The dog of Maycomb County?
"People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for."
Atticus or Scout
Could've things ended differently for Tom Robinson?
Nope. The second Mayella opened her mouth, Tom was a dead man walking.
Camellias
Atticus makes this remark in court whilst referring to the racial aspect of the case, as well as Tom's obvious innocence. (Double meaning)
"This case is as simple as black and white" -- Atticus Finch
Mrs. Stephanie's husband
Mr. Avery
“...delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
Scout
Why won't Jem leave the courthouse when he see's his father with a mob of men? Why did the mob leave?
Jem senses that his father is in danger.
The mob left because they found love and innocence when they were looking for violence.
Mockingbird
Symbolize innocence
Why did Atticus send Jem to read to Mrs. Dubose?
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” -- Atticus Finch
Mrs. Henry Lafayette
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose passed away free (letting go of her morphine addiction).
"There are just some kind of men who-who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results."
Miss Maudie Atkinson
Where and why did the author, Harper Lee, write this sentence : "When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."
First sentence explains that it was more than a typical accident. It foreshadows the end of the book, while at the same time, presenting the intensity that will occur through the book.
The rabid dog
Represents the racism in Maycomb
Why has Atticus stopped shooting a gun?
"People in their right minds never take pride in their talents" -- Atticus Finch