To Kill A Mocking Bird

Jean Louise "Scout" Finch

• Narrator/protagonist
• Lives with her father (Atticus) and brother Jem, and their black cook (Calpurnia) in Maycomb
• Intelligent and a tomboy
• Combative Streak and basic faith in the goodness of the people in her community
•  Her faith is tested by the hatred and prejudice during Tom Robinsons trial
• Developes a grown up perspective - appreciates human goodness without ignoring the evil

Atticus Finch

• Scout and Jems father
• A lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family
• Widower with a dry sense of humor
• Instilled in his children a strong sense of morality and justice
• Commited to racial equality
• Functions as the novel's moral backbone

Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch

• Scout's brother and playmate at the beginning of the story
• Typical american boy - refuses to back down from dares and fantasizing about football
• Four years older than Scout
• Seperates himself from Scout but remains her close companion and protector
• Ideals are shaken badly by the evil and injustice he percieves in Tom Robinsons trial

Arthur "Boo" Radley

• A recluse, never sets foot outside his house
• Dominates the imaginations of Jem, Scout  and Dill
• Powerful symbol of goodness swathed in an initial shrowd of creepyness
• An intelligent child emotionally damaged by his father
• Example of the threat that evil poses to innocence and goodness
• One of the novels "Mockingbirds" - a good person injured by the evil of mankind

Bob Ewell

• Drunken and unemployed member of Maycomb's poorest family
• Represents the dark side of the south: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice

Charles Baker "Dill" Harris

• Jem and Scout's summer neighbor and friend
• Diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination
• Represents childhood innocence

Miss Maudie Atkinson

• The Finches' neighbor, sharp-toungued widow, and old family friend
• Almost the same age as Atticus's younger brother, Jack
• Shares Atticus's passion for justice
• The children's best friend amoung the adult

Calpurnia

• Finches' balck cook
• Stern disciplinarian
• Childrens bridge between the white world and her own black community

Aunt Alexandra

• Atticus's sister
• Strong willed woman with a fierce devotion to her family
• The perfect southern lady
• Her commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout

Mayella Ewell

• Bob Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter
• Can be pitied for her overbearing father but cannot be pardoned for her shameful indictment of Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson

• Black field hand accused of ****
• One of the novels 'Mockingbirds' - a symbold of innocence destroyed by evil

Link Deas

• Tom Robinson's employer
• Willing to look past race and praise the integrity of Tom's character]
• Epitomizes the opposite of prejudice

 Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

• An elderly, ill tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches
• Jem believes she is a thoroughly bad woman
• Atticus admires the courage wtih which she battles her morphine addiction

Nathan Radley

• Boo Radley's older brother
• Scout thinks that Nathan is similar to the deceased Mr. Radley, Boo and Nathan's father
• Plugs up the knothole where Boo leaves presents for the children, and cruelly cuts off and important part of Boo's relationship with Jem and Scout

Heck Tate

• The sheriff of Maycomb and major witness at Tom Robinson's trial
• Decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger

Mr. Underwood

• Publisher of Maycombs newspaper
• Respects Atticus and proves his ally

Mr. Dolphus Raymond

• A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children
• Pretends to be drunk so that the citizens of maycomb will have an explanation for his behaviour
• He is jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living amoung blacks

Mr. Walter Cunningham

• Poor farmer and part of the Lynch mob
• Displays human goodness when Scout's politeness compels him to disperse the men at the jail