Atticus

Atticus Finch
Lawyer
Father of Jem and Scout
Single parent (Widower)
Good influence to his children
Defends Tom Robinson in his trial.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”
He believes Maycomb county’s courts, along with others, are the only place where all men are equal.
Scout
Narrator
Gets into trouble by Ms. Caroline for knowing how to read.
Tomboy
Solves many of her problems by fighting
4 years younger than Jem
Jem’s sister
Daughter of Atticus
“Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fightin’ anymore. I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be.
Jem
Four years older than Scout.
Brave
Scout’s brother
Son of Atticus
Very protective of Scout
Jem and his sister learn to look at good and bad human nature, in people, throughout novel.
Calpurnia
Finch’s housekeeper
Serves as strict motherly figure to Jem and Scout
Able to read and write
Protects Jem and Scout
Brings children to an African American church
She can relate to both the white and black community
Aunt Alexandra
Sister of Atticus
Disapproves of Scout being a tomboy Feels guilty about the children getting attacked
Comes to live with Atticus, and his children, since she feels as if the children need a feminine
Uncle Jack Finch
Brother of Atticus
Youngest child
Doesn’t want Scout swearing
Doctor
Dill
Jem and Scout’s best friend
Goal to get Boo out of his house
Promises to marry Scout
Lacks love, and security from his family
“They do get on a lot better without me. I cannot help them anyway”
Doesn’t have an official home
Mr. Gilmer
Prosecuting attorney in Tom Robinson’s case
Very racist
Tom Robinson
25-year-old black man
Accused of assaulting Mayella
Defended by Atticus
Has three children, and a wife named Helen
Gets shot 17 times, and dies, when he tries to escape from prison.
Bob Ewell
Antagonist
Mayella’s father
Alcoholic
Accuses Tom of raping Maylella
Can’t be trusted
Attacks Jem and Scout
Killed by Boo Radley
Mayella
19-and-a-half –year-old
Daughter of Bob Ewell
Lonely
Abused by her father
Tends to her flowers
Wants attention so she tries to seduce Tom
Caroline Fisher
Scout’s first grade teacher
Forbids Scout to read with Atticus
Emotional
Tries to give Walter Cunningham jr. money
Miss Gates Scout’s third grade teacher
Hypocritical
Insists blacks need to be taught a lesson
Miss Merriweather
Producer of pageant
Complains all the time
Very hypocritical
Gossips
Miss Rachel Haverford
Dill’s aunt
Finch’s neighbor
Close friend of aunt Alexandra
“Doo Jesus!”
Atticus’s first case as a lawyer
Miss Maudie Atkinson
Lives across from Finch family
About 50 yrs. old
Symbolic mockingbird
Gardens
Shows courage ( recovering cancer patient)
Non prejudice
Mrs. Dubose
Elderly
Calls Atticus a “nigger-lover” to his children
Jem and Atticus hate her
Addicted to morphine
Boo Radley
Slowly reveals himself
Saves Jem and Scout
Killed Bob Ewell
Thin mouth grey eyes
Brother of Nathan Radley
Lonely
Mockingbird
Nathan Radley
Boo’s brother
Helps Miss Maudie
Less mysterious than Boo
Heck Tate
Sheriff of Maycomb county
Friend of Atticus
Not prejudice against Negro community
Tall, thin, always wearing boots with boot cut pants with a belt of bullets
Judge Taylor
White haired old man
Informally runs his court room
Doesn’t like the Ewells during the trial
Shows respect for Atticus
Threatened by Bob Ewell
Mr. Walter Cunningham
Doesn’t accept money from anyone
Proud of what he has
Leads the mob
Poor
Walter Cunningham Jr.
Mr. Cunningham’s son
Very poor
Suffer from bookworms
Fought with Scout
Reverend Skyes
Reverend at the African community church in Maycomb county
Shows sympathy for the Robinson family during Tom’s trial
Let kids sit with them in the colored balcony
Miss Stephanie Crawford
Town gossiper
Supposedly has seen Boo
Let’s Miss Maudie stay at her house
Friends of Aunt Alexandra
Witnessed bob Ewell threaten Atticus
Link Deas
Tom’s employer
Announces to the court he’s never had a “speck o’ trouble” out of Tom.
Defends Helen
Gets kicked out of court
Dolphus Raymond
Wealthy
Disliked
Has children with a black women
Pretends to be an alcoholic
Worried that people won’t understand him, if he stops pretending to be an alcoholic
Mockingbird
Cecil Jacobs
Friend of Jem and Scout, but fights with Scout over Tom’s trial
Tells Scout Atticus likes to defend blacks
Cow at pagaent