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    To Kill A Mockingbird

    By Harper Lee
    Scout Finch
     Scout Finch (Jean Louise)—Narrator
    of the story. The story takes place
    from the time Scout is aged 6 to 9 but
    she tells the story as an adult.
     Scout is a tomboy who would rather
    solve problems with her fist than her
    head.
     Throughout the course of the book,
    Scout comes to a deeper
    understanding about life around her.
    Atticus Finch

    Atticus Finch—father to Jem


    and Scout.
    He is a widower.
    He is a lawyer and state
    legislative representative.
    Jem Finch
    Jeremy Atticus Finch—older
     brother to Scout.
    Jem is 10 to 13 years old during
    the course of this story.
    He is Scout’s protector and best
    friend.
    Jem deals with many difficult
    issues throughout the story.
    Dill Harris

    Charles Baker Harris
    —Jem and Scout’s
    neighborhood friend.
    Living in Meridian,
    MS, Dill spends every
    summer with his aunt,
    Miss Rachel
    Haverford.
    Tom Robinson
     The man who is put on trial for raping a
    white woman.
     Atticus defends him in Part 2 of the novel.
    Boo Radley
     The mysterious neighbor who lives across
    the street from the Finches.
    Minor Characters
     The Ewell Family—”White trash” A poor,
    uneducated family with evil intentions towards Tom
    Robinson.
    – Mayella Ewell is the woman he is accused of
    raping.
    – Bob Ewell is the no good, useless father who
    spends his welfare checks on alcohol instead of
    helping his family.
     The Cunningham Family—white and poor, Walter
    Sr. was a former client of Atticus. He learns a great
    lesson from Scout.
    More Characters
     Calpurnia—The Finch’s housekeeper. She is the
    closest thing to a mother that Jem and Scout have.
    Atticus trusts her completely. One of the few
    African Americans in town who knows how to write
    and she teaches Scout to write.
     Miss Maudie Atkinson—one of the most open-
    minded citizens of Maycomb. Lives across the street
    from Jem and Scout. She helps the children to better
    understand their father Atticus.
    Mockingbird Themes
     Education—the importance of an education
    and how society is segregated even within
    race and ethnicity.
     Poverty—the Depression of the 1930’s
    affected the entire South in a dramatic
    fashion.
    – Ex’s Ewell’s versus the Cunningham’s
     Prejudice—segregation
    of the south.
     Coming of Age—the maturation of both
    Jem and Scout.
    Mockingbird Themes
     Trust—Earning one’s trust and keeping it.
    The relationship that Atticus has with his
    children.
     Racism in the Southern Courts—The real
    account of the Scottsboro Boys and their
    unfair and inhumane treatment in the courts
    is the basis for Harper Lee’s court scene
    with Tom Robinson.
    Harper Lee
     Had early success and won the Pulitzer Prize.
    Monroeville, Alabama
     The real Maycomb, AL
     The historically accurate town in AL that is
    the setting for the novel TKAM.

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