Atticus Finch Jean Louise Scout Finch Jeremy Jem Finch Calpurnia (Cal) Aunt Alexandra Uncle Jack Cousin Francis Miss Stephanie Crawford
daughter of Atticus; narrator of story (written from the point of view of an adult Scout describing how she viewed things as a child) lawyer and father to Jem and Scout; takes a controversial case with no chance of winning housekeeper/cook to the Finches; knows how to operate in both the white/black world; an important figure in Scout's life: provides discipline, instruction, and love (as a mother figure) son of Atticus; brother to Scout; Jem's arm is broken in a fight with Bob Ewell; Jem matures a lot throughout novel and is more affected by events than Scout due to his understanding Atticus' brother (a doctor); he has no children but a pet cat named Rose Aylmer; he mistakenly doesn't listen to Scout's side of the fight story Atticus and Jack s sister who is concerned with their family's name; she moves in to take care of Scout and Jem during the trial; she has conflicts with Scout and Calpurnia a gossipy neighbor; she is the kids' main source of rumors about Boo Radley Scout and Jem's cousin who teases Scout about how Atticus is damaging their family name
Miss Maudie Mrs. Dubose Miss Rachel Charles Baker Harris ( Dill ) Mr. Avery Nathan Radley Arthur Boo Radley Tom Robinson
mean, racist neighbor; Jem destroys her flowers (camellias) but discovers her courage in kicking morphine addiction (Maude Atkinson); friendly neighbor who the children like; her house burns,yet she is optimistic (bigger garden); she is not racist and explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird spends summers with Finches with the goal of making Boo come out; feels his parents have lost interest in him (character based on Harper Lee s friend, Truman Capote) Dill's aunt and next-door neighboor to the Finches (she is also known to drink whiskey) Boo's mean, older brother who fires shots at the kids (thinking it was a black man) and who cements up the tree knothole to cut off communication with kids and Boo overweight neighbor whom the children make fun of (as a snowman and for peeing from porch) black man falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell; Atticus defends him well in the trial, but Tom is still convicted (then killed attempting escape from jail) mystery neighborhood recluse who is lonely and attempts to reach out to the children for friendship; he saves the children's lives from Bob Ewell
Bob Ewell Burris Ewell Mayella Ewell Judge Taylor Mr. Gilmer Heck Tate B.B. Underwood Link Deas
son of Bob Ewell; kid w/ lice/ cooties who only attends school the first day and calls Miss Caroline a bad name Mayella's poor/trashy alcoholic father (Robert E. Lee Ewell); he is angry at Atticus for defending Tom (spits at Atticus and tries to kill the kids) the judge during the trial; seems asleep at times (he isn't); strong distaste for Ewells (Bob later breaks into his house); he knew Atticus was the only lawyer with a chance in court Bob Ewell s lonely daughter who is so desperate for love that she attempts to seduce a black man, Tom Robinson; her father beats her and she then accuses Tom Robinson of rape sheriff of Maycomb; forces Atticus to reveal his shooting expertise with the mad dog; makes the final decision not to reveal the truth of Bob s death to the community to protect Boo prosecuting attorney who is trying to get Tom Robinson found guilty owns cotton fields where Tom worked; later employs and defends Helen when she can t find work (also threatens to have Bob Ewell arrested) Maycomb s newspaper man (The Maycomb Tribute); has a proper sense of justice (is ready to protect Atticus when confronted by mob at jail)
Miss Caroline Miss Gates Mrs. Merriweather Lula Dolphus Raymond Tim Johnson Walter Cunningham Sr. Walter Cunningham Jr.
Scout s third-grade teacher and an example of hypocrisy (hates Hitler, but doesn t see her own racism toward Maycomb s blacks) Scout s first-grade teacher; she is an outsider who doesn t understand Maycomb s ways; she is a new teacher who doesn t like that Scout can already read black lady at Cal s church; doesn t want white children (the Finches) at her church (reverse racism), but she is overruled by all the others producer of Scout's pageant; very hypocritical (pities the poor Mrunas, but reveals her hatred of blacks through her gossip) the mad dog (infected with rabies) that Atticus must shoot (revealing his expert marksmanship) white man who hates the hypocrisy of Maycomb s white society and prefers to live with a black woman and their biracial kids; appears as a town drunk (but isn't) poor boy in Scout s first grade class; proud and won t take teacher s money for lunch; he is invited to the Finches where he covers all his food with molasses he is part of the lynching gang, but Scout singles him out by talking about his son and his debt to Atticus who is working on his entailment
Cecil Jacobs Reverend Sykes Frutti/Tutti Barber Helen Robinson Zeebo Simon Finch Old Sarum Gang the Mrunas
pastor at Cal s church (First Purchase); forces congregation to donate $10 to help Robinson family; kids sit with him in balcony with blacks during trial a bully in Scout s class who represents the townspeople s attitudes towards blacks (echoes adults); he frightens Jem and Scout on the way to the pageant wife of Tom Robinson; employed by Link Deas following Tom s death; she is repeatedly harassed by Bob Ewell when traveling to work (Deas threatens Ewell, forcing him to stop) maiden deaf sisters; had a Halloween prank pulled on them by some mean school children (Scout and Jem were not included) who put all of their furniture in their cellar ancestor of Atticus, Jem, and Scout; he established the Finch homestead, Finch's Landing, and ended up dying rich, due to his medical practice Calpurnia's son; he leads hymns in church by "lining," (reading a line of verse and having the congregation repeat); he is also the garbage man, taking away dead Tim Johnson, the rabid dog the name of the group of people whom Mrs. Merriweather and the tea party ladies pity, based on information she receives from J. Grimes Everett another name for the group of men who have come to the jail to get Tom Robinson so they can lynch him before he goes to trial