To Kill a Mockingbird Character Map
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- Created on: 06-04-16 15:36
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- To Kill a Mockingbird - Characters
- Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
- innocent perspective on the situation in the South
- narrator
- innocent perspective on the situation in the South
- Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch
- growing up - growing apart from Scout. Less innocent.
- intelligent
- he understands what Boo's hole being filled in means for Boo
- compassionate
- loves and admires Atticus - wants to be like him when he's older
- Atticus Finch
- moral compass
- has strong morals and values that he tries to teach his children
- is widely respected in Maycomb
- largely criticised by friends and neighbours for taking on Tom Robinson case
- "Atticus Finch is the same in the house as he is in the public streets."
- very good shot but refuses to shoot because he doesn't want an unfair advantage
- Charles "Dill" Baker Harris
- tells frequent white lies
- 'engaged' to Scout
- affected by the treatment of Tom in the courtroom
- "it just makes me sick"
- potentially because he is an outsider and not familiar with it, potentially just because he is more sensitive to moral wrongdoings, like Atticus is.
- blonde hair, blue eyes, round - picture of innocence
- falls prey to his parents' selfishness
- spends summers with his Aunt
- runs away from home
- falls prey to his parents' selfishness
- spends summers with his Aunt
- runs away from home
- runs away from home
- spends summers with his Aunt
- falls prey to his parents' selfishness
- runs away from home
- spends summers with his Aunt
- Bob Ewell
- violent and abusive
- no job - welfare system
- has alcoholic tendencies
- does not care for his children properly
- they are almost all uneducated and lack basic hygiene
- racist and ignorant - uneducated
- "he was the only man I ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for laziness."
- Tom Robinson
- Mockingbird?
- innocent black man accused of the **** of a white woman
- he is proved innocent by Atticus Finch but he ends up being convicted (and killed) for it anyway
- innocent black man accused of the **** of a white woman
- left arm is crippled - could not physically have hurt Mayella
- like a bird with a broken wing
- he probably would have known that helping Mayella without accepting pay would have caused him trouble but he did it anyway because he knew she needed it.
- Mockingbird?
- Mayella Ewell
- falsely accused Tom Robinson of **** out of shame
- sole carer of her younger siblings
- shows inclinations of trying to be better than who she is
- eg. growing flowers - wants to be a better person
- Calpurnia
- has good intentions
- indispensable to Atticus
- has a tough love thing going on with Scout
- The Finches' (Black) Cook
- educated - she can read and write and teaches Scout to write
- Boo Radley
- victim of extreme family pride
- Mockingbird
- lots of parallels between him and Tom Robinson
- He views Jem and Scout as 'his children'.
- potentially mentally unstable
- Aunt Alexandra
- Representation of Southern Values
- Very opinionated and has strong beliefs
- Cares deep down, despite her unrelenting criticisms
- Very opinionated and has strong beliefs
- loyal to family - she criticises Atticus but won't allow anyone else to
- she shows Scout that being a lady is more than dresses and missionary teas
- Representation of Southern Values
- Miss Maudie Atkinson
- friend of Jem and Scout
- she's something of a role model to Scout
- "Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend."
- very kind hearted
- bakes the children cakes
- she always takes the children - particularly Scout - seriously
- friend of Jem and Scout
- Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
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