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A list of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird characters include: Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Boo Radley, Calpurnia, Bob Ewell, Dill Harris, Miss Maudie, Aunt Alexandra, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, Mrs. Dubose.
- Boo Radley
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- Scout Finch
Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own...
- Boo Radley
Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell is the main antagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird. He has a daughter named Mayella, and a younger son named Burris, as well as six other unnamed children, all of whom are left to fend for themselves.
- Scout
- Jem
- Dill
- Atticus Finch
- Calpurnia
- Boo Radley
- Tom Robinson
- Miss Maudie Atkinson
- Miss Stephanie Crawford
- Aunt Alexandra
Narrator of the story Intelligent and kind-hearted Is somewhat of a tomboy Believes in what is right and fair Scout is the narrator of the story. The events in To Kill a Mockingbird beginwhen she was six years old down to when she was almost nine years old. She is very intelligent and could read way before she started school and understood vocabula...
Scout’s older brother Becomes more distant from scout and becomes jaded to society Loves playing outdoors Jem is Scout’s older brother who is older than Scout by four years. At first, the gap in their ages does not show as they were both kids playing together. As a boy, Jem is a regular kid, he loves to play outdoors, clings to everything his fathe...
Unloved and unwanted child from the neigborhood Sensitive to the injustice of the world Friends with Scout and Jem Dill is a boy who visits the neighborhood in the summer and became friends with Scout and Jem on the first of such visits. He is a motherless child who is passed from one relative to another to be cared for. He is sharp-witted and imag...
Brilliant lawyer Believes in racial equality Widowed father to Scout and Jem Atticus Finch is Scout and Jem’s widowed father. He is a maverick and a brilliant lawyer. He is among the few people in the county that believe in racial equality. He raises his children with an unconventional parenting style—allowing them to call him by his first name, an...
Housekeeps and nannys for the Finch’s Hides her education to fit in Seen a tyrant by scout Calpurnia is a black woman who works for Atticus Finch as housekeeper, chef, and babysitter. Scout perceives Calpurnia as a tyrant because she always prevails on stubborn Scout to do as she is instructed. Calpurnia has worked for the Finches for many decades....
Reclusive shut in Wrongly seen as a monster by children Abused by family but kind and caring Hero of the novel Boo, or Arthur Radley is a recluse living in the neighborhood who has stayed away from public sight for so long that he becomes a phantom. He is the subject of adult gossip, and children’s wild imaginations and is accused of being responsi...
“Mockingbird” of the story Wrongly accused of rape Law-abiding and hardworking A young black man that is law-abiding and hardworking. He is crippled in one arm but still very physically strong. He is married with kids and caters for his family. He is kind and out of the kindness of his heart, helps Mayella Ewell with some tough chores without askin...
Kind widow who bakes snacks for children Loves plants Corrects lies about Boo Radley A middle-aged widow who loves plants and the outdoors. She is sharp-tongued but emotionally intelligent and sensible. She is a great baker who indulges the children around her with some of the snacks she bakes. She was once a Baptist but later stopped going to chur...
Spreads malicious rumours Speaks with children She is a single middle-aged white lady from one of the old families in the town. Stephanie Crawford is the town’s gossip, notorious for poking into other people’s business and spreading rumors and lies.
Tries to guide scout to be “ladylike” Traditional values Atticus Finch’s sister who has very conventional notions about race, gender, and respectability. She has an unusual interest in people’s family backgrounds and ascribes everyone’s behaviors and flaws to family. Ironically, she refuses to accept familial associations with the flaws of members ...
To Kill a Mockingbird has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963. The book's racial slurs, profanity, and frank discussion of rape have led people to challenge its appropriateness in libraries and classrooms across the United States.
- Harper Lee
- 1960
Jul 29, 2024 · To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression (1929–39). The story centres on Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an unusually intelligent girl who ages from six to nine years old during the novel.
- It is widely believed that Harper Lee based the character of Atticus Finch on her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a compassionate and dedicated lawyer....
- Harper Lee began writing To Kill a Mockingbird in the mid-1950s. It was published in 1960, just before the peak of the American civil rights moveme...
- Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the best-known and most widely read books in the United States. Since its publication in 1960, the nov...
- In 2015 Harper Lee published a second novel titled Go Set a Watchman. Although it was technically written before To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel i...
Aug 22, 2024 · The main plot events in To Kill a Mockingbird include Scout Finch's childhood in Maycomb, Alabama, her father Atticus defending Tom Robinson, an African American man falsely accused of raping a ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee centres on Atticus Finch’s attempts to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson, a black man who has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman in 1930s...
