How To Kill A MockingBird Characters

Scout

Tomboy

Doesn't like being called a girl

Wears overalls

Smart

Reads with her father

Violent(uses her fists for a lot of things)

Grudge with teacher- says she's too smart

Eventually moves to 2nd grade while some of the others stay back

Atticus tells her to keep her head high and her fists down

swears

At Finch's Landing she over hears her conversation with her uncle Jack and father saying that she can come to atticus with her problems because whatever's coming is bad

Plays with Jem and Dill

Arthur (Boo) Radley

Got into bad crowd

stabbed dad's leg with scissors

isolated

Scout, Jem, Dill very fascinated. Plays game about it in the summer

While neighbor's house on fire, puts blanket on Scout

Atticus

Lawyer

Called Atticus not dad or father

Very smart

wife died

"poor"

defending an African american against the Ewells

teaches Scout valuable life lessons like keeping fists down

discussion with uncle jack saying that scout can go to him with her problems

Jem

scout's big brother, Dill's friend

breaks arm at some point

loses pants going close to the Radley's house

plays games with Dill and Scout

Calpurnia

African American woman who is a housekeeper/maid

scout gets mad at her for telling her that she shouldn't make fun of people who are less fortunate

strict

Scout's mother figure

(uncle) Jack

Scout and Jem's uncle, atticus's brother

went to Boston to study medicine, a doctor

Has troubles with parenting and such and wonders what kids like Scout think

doesn't like Scout's swearing

funny, tells good stories, well liked uncle

Francis

Scout and Jem's cousin

Spawn of Aunt Alexandra's child

jerk, blames things on Scout to make her look bad

calls Atticus a "n-word" lover in a bad way because he's defending a black man in court

(Aunt) Alexandra

Black sheep of the family for not obsessing over lawyers and judges and such

Grandma to Francis

Wants Scout to be more girly

Jerky

Nathan Radley

Boo Radley's brother

Lives with Boo

Thought he saw a black man on his lawn ans was going to shoot "him"

Dill

Real name-Charles Baker Harris

Friends with Scout and Jem, plays games with them in the summer

From Meridian, Mississippi

Play a game about the Radley's, want to see Boo

Aunt- Miss Rachel

jem becomes pubescent and leaves scout out of games

Miss Maudie

Very religious

allows kids to play in backyard (away from the flowers)

Another mother-like figure (besides calpurina)

does gardening

chamleon (getting dirty to being lady-like)

friends with uncle jack as a child (grew up together)

Walter Cunningham

very poor family (doesnt know when next meal is)

responsible as an adult

son of Mr.Cunningham

cant pay back with money so return with goods

Finds a Tree hole filled with daily goods

Nathan Radley cemented the hole

wears shoes once a year

Cemented goods hole

Has worms from standing in pig poo

Miss Caroline

New teacher

Jem has a small crush on her

North Alabama, Winston Country

Doesn't like that Scout is advanced

'City" that seceded from the Union ( place with bug companies

Realizes what the small town poor country is like

Burris Ewell makes Miss Caroline cry

Burris Ewell

filthy

comes the first day then leaves

is told to wash himself by the teacher

3 years in 2nd grade

bad temper

won't do what the teacher says

little chuck stops him from doing anything to the teacher by threatening to kill him

call teacher a "slut"

Mr (Bob) Ewell

hunts out of season

disrespectful

spends relief checks on whiskey

less social consciousness than the Cunninghams

Burris's father

Mr. Cunningham

farmer

hard working

poor; won't take anything they/he can't pay back

subsistance farming- grows enough food to feed family

trades for necessary items

requires planning

Atticus explains this(two points below) to Scout

pours syrup all over food- luxury- calories

Cecil Jacobs

little brat/annoying

calls atticus a "n-word" lover in a bad way

almost gets injured by Scout for saying "rude" things about her father (head high and fists down)

Mr. Heck Tate

Can't shoot well; afraid of hitting the Radley's place when he had to shoot Tim J

sheriff

Mr. Avery

whittler

house burned

Used to be called "dead-shot" Finch but realized he had an unfair advantage over most living things Sin to kill a mockingbird because their innocent and only make music

Tim Johnson (dog)

old dog (property of harry johnson)

has Rabies

trying to attack the people

in the radleys back yard

atticus is going to shot the dog

doesnt want his kids to know he can shoot a gun

he can do more mental things then physical

didn't know atticus could shoot a gun; thinks it is cool that his dad can do that yet tells Scout not to tell anyone because if Atticus was proud of it he'd say something

didn't know A could do anything physical or interesting like having a dead shot on most things - only know his dad personal, rather than his actual personality

Doesn't want Jem and Scout to know because he isn't proud of it

Kids only see him as calm, boring, and in his parent role- can't see past that

Kids find out about it when Atticus shoots Tim Johnson, and Miss Maudie tells them all about it

Doesn't want the kids to grow up so violent, instead, being intelligent- so he shows that he does more mental activity than physical=shooting

They don't know Atticus as a person

In a case against an African american man

Mrs. Dubose

Hipocrit

racist

mean, crabby

Morphine addict

gets jem to read to her after destroying her flowers

"Your father's no better the niggers and trash he works for!" (105)

Doesn't approve of Atticus defending an African american man while her attendant Jessie is also African American

Has a slow fuse="quite in Mrs. Dubose map"

has fits

Alarm rings=gets morphine

Jem reads longer=amount of morphine being given is smaller

finally gets off of morphine

disgusting saliva

dies

Tried to show jem while he was reading to Mrs. Dubose that courage/being brave is more than having a gun in your hand, it's when you know that you may lose, but you go through it anyways. That's what Mrs. Dubose did when she was sick. That's what shows real courage.

Brave-see Atticus's map for life lesson

calls Scout ugly, crticizes Jem and Scout and Atticus

nice to Atticus once off of Morphine

Mrs. Dubose is mean to her, also very gross

Learns "Atticus mind map life lesson"

Reads to Mrs. Dubose before she dies; learns what real bravery is

Takes kids to her church and is welcomed because father is defending Tom Robinson

Stands up to Lula who doesn't want white children in the First Purchase

Is welcomed to First Purchase except for Lula because of Atticus defending TR

"Old Mr. Bob Ewell accused him of rapin' his girl and had him arrested and put in jail"

Rev. Sykes won't let them leave the hot church until the people raised 10 dollars for HR

Cal doesn't tell Scout what a rape is

Went to the First Purchase because the church teacher wasn't there to supervise last time

Lula reminds her of her place in difference between her and the Finch's

Atticus thinks of her as family rather than a lesser person

puts a blanket on Scout when she's not looking

Stays at the Finch's she wants Scout to have a feminine influence

Aunt Alexanfra stays with her in order to have a feminine influence

Already has Cal as a mother figure but agrees/lies anyways so she doesn't cause trouble

Rev. Sykes

collects money for Helen Robinson

Aggressive with getting the money

hot in the church

Welcomes the kids they are children of the person who is defending TR

very curious

filled with questions

mysterious

Zeebo the garbage collector her son; taught him to red

can read; Finch gave her an intellectual book

different dialect around African Americans than White people

Intervenes Cal and Lula's fight

confused Cal talks differently around African Americans; tells her that it would be out of place and would be thought to be making fun of their lack of education (inequality)

if talked that way around her fellow African Americans it would be thought that she is pointing out their inequality/ lack of education- makes them uncomfortable

makes them think that she thinks that she is better than them

Foreshadowing: Summer's gonna be a hot one

Cares a lot about family history; thinks Finch's are "better"

Social- has tea, meets w/ church group called a "missionary society"

judgmental

VERY concerned with Scout's femininity

soft side

calls people out who haven't payed

Helen Robinson

Tom Robinson's wife

has kids

needs money to support them

can't get a job because she's African American and her husband was accused of raping a white girl

put TR in jail for being accused of raping his daughter

Rev. Sykes raises money for her

Francis's dad her son

Lula

aggressive

Doesn't like white children in the First Purchase

reminds Cal that she is a lesser person than the Finch's

Cal's difference between her and the family

tall,big

Tom Robinson

accused for raping Bob Ewell's girl

African American man

field hand=job

wife and kids

in jail

Scout punches him for disrespecting Atticus; A.A takes his side, Uncle Jack takes his side at first

Can read and write also taught her kid how to read

calpurnias sons name is Zeebo

Stephanie Crawford

house started on fire

Yells at Aunt Alexandra, is forced to apologize

Thinks of running away because she is "not needed"

Hides under Scout's bed, makes up story of being chained up in his basement by his parents and fed peas from a farmer through a vent and finally escapes and joins a sideshow of animals until he is in Maycomb which is NOT TRUE

Thinks he is also "not needed" like Scout and takes Maycomb Junction

nosey

thinks she Saw boo radley one night looking at her through a window

wanting to go to the trial to know whats happing

Wants to get a baby with Scout from an island where a man breaths life into them

Parents tell him to go play or go somewhere else;don't

very nosey about the Radleys (knowing more about them then anybody in maycomb)

Confusion over last name;had to go to court

has 4 black people give up their seats for 3 white kids during the trial

very religious

the kids are acquainted with Atticus

Sits in front of the Jail, drunk farmer mob wants to lynch TR

Scout saves him from trouble(look at Scout's map)

Mr. Underwood had a gun out his window;had Atticus's back

sat on his porch evrynight until nine o' clock

Scared for his and TR's life

demeanor- relaxed, calm, collected

Saves Atticus by bringing up Mr. Cunningham's child and putting him in Atticus's shoes

very craby

says if kids disobey the roesetta stone the seasons change

It took an 8 year old to get angry drunks to go away

Shows he is caring, strong, brave; Stands up to Atticus that night by the Jail saying he won't leave him to the angry drunk mob, doesn't help much though because it took Scout to drive them away

Sits with Jem and Dill in the front row in the balcony in the courthouse

kicks a man in the you-know-where because he grabbed him roughly by the collar/ mistreated Jem

A.A scolds her for wanting to go to Cal's house - has a convo with Atticus about getting rid of Cal -misunderstanding that Scout is no longer needed - she's not the girl A.A wants her to be

Says (for cal) that, "we don't need her now"

CAL-not leaving unless she wants to-couldn't have survived w/o her-member of the family-tougher than a mother-good values-kids love her

Feels threat in the air when the men on his front lawn start voicing their concerns with TR going to their jail

yells that the phone is ringing when it isn't because the men move in closer

Atticus says the "bunch" doesn't drink on sundays 'cus of church and the trial might be mon.

he moves to his porch and the men move with him- Jem saves his life

Notice he eats dessert and takes the car that night to the jail

Has "this feeling" and J,S,D hide out

Makes Mr. C see it in his point of view

Send HT off on a snipe hunt to get him out of town

comically unfunny 'cus the men try to hide themselves(hats pulled over head)eben though everyone knows everybody

"do you really think so?" - things are about to get serious

Children, even not one of his own, step into the middle of all this - FEAR

Mr. Underwood

In charge of the Maycomb Tribune

Not fond of African Americans

Office right next to jail

gun's out the window, ready if the men did something bad

On the Finch's lawn warning A and voicing his concerns of TR going to their jail

Mr. Dolphus Raymond

Day of trial- coke bottle not filled with alcohol

rich - owns 1/2 of the river bank

chooses to live poorly

wife - black

Children - mixed

Judge Taylor

old

Says women and children are free to leave the court room

Very orderly; wants them to be direct

Lives by the dump - varmints everywhere - poorly built house - black people who live next to him live nicer than him

Incest - birth defects - wife dead

not intelligent - judge trial has to make it easier for him to understand

Could be rich or poor and would still live filthy

Asks questions repeatedly to use for evidence

asks for him to write Ewell's name

Comprehends that it could be Mr. E because he's ambidextrous but it could also be TR

On the edge of his seat during the trial, insults Scout saying she can stay because she doesn't even know what anything means

Tells/urges kids to leave but Jem says it is okay

Mayella Ewell

"Raped"

Been bruised

black eye on her right

Doesn't call a doctor - can't pay

Not nosey at all - doesn't go to the trial

Mr. Gilmer

Bob Ewell's lawyer

Miss Rachel

Dill's Aunt

Locks up tight during the night

Religious - freaked out when Jem lied about strip poker

Is called by A 'cus Dill was hiding there

lonely, has no friends

been in school for 2 or 3 years

Her story: Needed fire wood so called over T.R, took advantage of her, fainted, H.T takes her to the water bucket

Scared of A towards the beginning of the trial

Doesn't know what courtesy is/not used to people being polite to her

Doesn't love her father when he's been drinking

According to T.R she physically flirted with him

because she is so lonely she developed a crush for T.R - told him to do chores for her

His story: Passes by her house, calls him in to do chores(free), one day she kisses him, he runs out

crippled - lost most of his arm

Mistake by saying he felt sorry for her (because she is lonely) In M.G's mindset - a black man should not feel he is above a white woman

Hist story: called by B.E, saw her on the ground bruised, helped clean her up

Catches on to what M.E and B.E are trying to do by saying“What did your father see in the window, the crime of rape or the best defense to
it?

Says it to warn B.E that he knows that they're defending*themselves against T.R - trial's purpose is to ruin T.R's life

"except when-"(183) - confirms B.E beats her up

more rude to T.R in the trial than A.

acts hateful towards T.R

causes Dill to cry

Cries at the fact that M.G is so hateful to T.R

Is forced by Jem to take Dill outside

Doesn't think much of the rudeness how Dill does From M.G to T.R - thinks it's normal because he is a lawyer

Mr. Link Deas

T.R's boss

T.R working on his cotton farm for 8 years - best worker - nice

interrupts the court to say it

smokes cigars

seems tired and sleeping when really he pays attention - A says he is a good judge

saw J,S,D in the balcony - Jem said he'll probably just put it into the social column

Important because T.R is crippled meanwhile B.E is ambidextrous

Why? - look at M.E map

Taking apart the text - best defense to it - closest enough thing they saw, enough for it to be made into a crime scene, ruining T.R's life

Turns T.R into being the victim into M.E being the victim

Always on Welfare

dominant male of the household

During trial - Red-ish skin scrubbed hard

It all comes down to race

White - gives him some power

people in the courthouse is surprised he is clean

During trial he doesn't understand at 1st why he has him write his signature - gets angry because he is exposed

Foreshadowing - said right side of her face - blinks as if made clear - looks back at T.R - Realizes what is shown later that T.R is crippled so couldn't have hit her on that side

During Foreshadowing(see H.T map for more details) - stands up when he realizes T.R left hand vs. B.E left hand

Put on display woman and children watch her talk about being raped - bursts into tears

Only one that takes care of the kids

Compares B.E to a rooster because he scrubbed hard before the trial - acts dominant when he sits back in his chair - "crows"

Does it to give the townspeople a reason for why he does what he did

Says how the trial operates is an accurate representation of the town

loosens his clothing to show that things are about to go down

Talks formally to show he's human too

It's hot in Alabama