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Characterization (General)
TKAM Characters
Who/What
Plot
100
What is a character?
A person in the story
100
This character is a lawyer and father of two children.
Atticus Finch
100
"Maycomb was an old town, . . . bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum. . . . There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.
Who: Maycomb What: it is hot and everything moves slowly
100
What is the first item Scout finds in Boo Radley's tree? What does she do with it? (You must answer both questions to win the points)
She finds chewing gum. She chews it.
200
Name two of the 5 ways we know about characters (think STEAL)
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks
200
This character is a little girl. She is the narrator of the story.
Scout Finch
200
"Atticus said the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb County for three generations. None of them had done an honest day's work in his recollection. He said that some Christmas, when he was getting rid of the tree, he would take me with him and show me where and how they lived. They were people, but they lived like animals."
Who: Ewells What: they are bad people
200
Many years ago, Boo Radley was sent to the basement of the courthouse (instead of the jail) for doing what?
He stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.
300
Motivation is the reason why a character ______________.
does something.
300
Most people in town are scared of this character, but he may not really be a bad man.
Boo Radley.
300
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Who: Atticus and Miss Maudie What: tell Scout it is a sin to kill mockingbirds.
300
Which character is Atticus responsible for defending in court? What is that character accused of doing? (You must answer both questions correctly to win the points)
He is defending Tom Robinson against accusations of rape.
400
"When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football again were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury." This passage tells us that Jem values ________ over looks.
Football
400
This man is accused of rape. Atticus is defending him, but other men in the town try to kill him.
Tom Robinson
400
"Jem wanted Dill to know once and for all that he wasn't scared of anything. 'It's just that I can't think of a way to make him come out without him gettin' us.' Besides, Jem had his little sister to think of. When he said that, I knew he was afraid. Jem had his little sister to think of the time I dared him to jump off the top of the house: 'If I got killed, what'd become of you?' he asked. Them he jumped, landed unhurt, and his sense of responsibility left him until confronted by the Radley Place."
Who: Jem What: scared to go near the Radley Place
400
On Scout's first day of school, she gets in trouble for knowing how to do two things. What are those two things?
Reading and writing.
500
"His neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black" What can we infer about Burris Ewell from this sentence?
He is really dirty, no one takes care of him
500
This character is an alcoholic who does not take care of his children. He accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter.
Mr. Ewell
500
"The only thing we've got is a black man's word against the Ewells'...But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going to happen as well as I do Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb's usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up is something I don't pretend to understand."
Who: Atticus What: doesn't want Scout and Jem to be racists like most people in Maycomb
500
When Scout and Jem get air rifles for Christmas, Atticus tells them the only two things they cannot shoot at are humans and _________________.
Mockingbirds