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Characters In To Kill a Mockingbird (Dill Harris (Who?: a boy who lives…
Characters In
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dill Harris
Who?:
a boy who lives with his Aunt during the summers, and becomes best friends with Jem & Scout. He has more of a childish personality, but he really makes Scout & Jems summers great.
Why?:
He plays a key role in sparking the interest of Boo Radley. When he first comes to Maycomb he becomes very intrigued by Boo which made the children’s missions each summer to try to get him to come out of his house. This allows Boo to know of the children who keep trying to get in contact with him, which probably allowed him to know who he was saving later in the story when jem & scout got attacked. Dill also does a good job of keeping the kids childhood fun, while their going through the troubles of the trials
Jem Finch
Who?:
Jem Finch is Atticus’s Son and Scout’s brother. He is very fascinated with Boo Radley through much of the story, and that fascination eventually turns to fear then respect. He is very protective of his sister and doesn’t like when people talk bad about his father.
Why?:
Jem is important to the story because he other main character of the book. Most of the events Scout faces she faces with Jem and the book is the story of his childhood as much as it is Scout’s. He also is the cause of a few of the conflicts.
Aunt Alexandra
Who?:
Aunt Alexandra is Atticus’s sister and Jem and Scout’s Aunt. She is very proper and thinks Atticus needs to start raising Scout properly; she disapproves of how Scout likes to play outside with her brother and that Scout wears pants rather than a dress or skirt.
Why?:
Aunt Alexandra is important to the story because, eventually, she comes and lives with Scout, Jem, and Atticus. She causes a few of the conflicts (arguing with the other about Calpurnia, Scout’s habits and attire) but also cares for and helps take care of both kids. She also acts as an almost opposite of Atticus.
Boo Radley
Who?:
Boo Radley is the Finch’s mysterious neighbor that the kids are extremely interestedly in. Years before the story takes place, Boo got in trouble for breaking the law and has stayed inside everyday. Throughout the story, Boo leaves the kids gifts, and at the end Boo ends up saving Jem’s life. The kids are very intrigued and scared of Boo, but he turns out being a sweet and innocent character who cares about the children.
Why?:
Boo Radley is extremely important to the story because some believe he serves as an example of a mockingbird. The children taunt him and make fun of him, even though he never harms or bothers them. Even with their sometimes mean games and comments, Boo cares about the children and becomes a hero.
Calpurnia
Why?:
Calpurnia is important to the story because of many reasons. One reason being that she spends time and cares for the children every single day, and since the story is from Scout’s point of view, she must come up a lot. Another reason she is important to the story is because she is an African-American woman who is closely related to the Finch’s. Though she sometimes needs to discipline them, the children love Calpurnia and they do not see her as “different.” Having Cal around changes the children’s thoughts and disproves the things they hear about African-American citizens.
Who?:
Calpurnia is the Finch’s cook and nanny, and she has worked for the Finch’s since Jem was born. Since the Finch’s mother died, Cal has acted as a mother figure to Scout and Jem. Calpurnia is an African-American woman.
Scout Finch
Who?:
The daughter of Atticus and sister of Jem, she is the main character and the perspective you see the world from. She starts the story as a 6 year old, and by the end she is 9. She is very afraid of the Radleys and their house by the beginning due to the rumors, but she as she grew, she became more curious and less scared.
Why?:
She sees the racism in Maycomb as wrong because she hasn’t yet been conditioned to think lesser of African-Americans. At one point, she says: “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” (Lee 227)
Atticus Finch
Why?:
Atticus teaches his children, Jem and Scout to be better people than most of Maycomb by pushing them to be kind to all people, including African-Americans. He does this by fighting for Tom as if he were family.
Who?:
He is the father of Jem and Scout, and his sister is Alexandra. He is also the defense attorney for Tom Robinson in his case against Mayella Ewell and her father, Bob.
Tom Robinson
Who?:
An innocent African American man who is accused of rape by Mayela Ewell. He is sentenced to the death penalty, but is assigned one of the best attorneys in town Atticus Finch.
Why?:
Without Tom Robinson their wouldn’t be a trial in this story. He represents one of the key “ mockingbirds” in the book since he was an innocent man getting blamed for a crime he didn’t commit. His character also shows the racism from back in the 1930s since the evidence showed it was obvious he didn’t do the crime, but still people were taking the Ewells word over his. Another example is how some of the Maycomb people treated Attics, Scout, and Finch, for Atticus defending Tom.
Miss. Maudie
Who?:
Miss. Maudie is the Finch’s widowed neighbor. She is very nice to Jem and Scout; she bakes them cakes and always allows them to play in her yard as long as they don’t mess up her garden. Throughout the story, Miss. Maudie tells the kids stories of Maycomb and even things that they didn’t know about Atticus.
Why?:
Miss. Maudie is important to the story because during one summer, she became almost Scout’s best friend. Miss Maudie tells Scout lots of important information about the town and their people, which provides background knowledge for the reader when major events occur later. For example, when Miss. Maudie tells Scout that Boo Radley was a nice boy, that is providing readers with some background about Boo’s character.
Bob Ewell
Who?:
A disrespected man from the town of Maycomb who has too many kids he can’t control, a racist attituded, and doesn’t follow the rules of the town.
Why?:
Without Bob in the story the book really wouldn’t have an antagonist. He pretty much represents all the bad of Maycomb ,and causes most of the problems for the protagonist. If he wasn’t in the book some of the main problems wouldn’t of happened.