To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird

• By Harper Lee

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Scout Finch

• Scout Finch (Jean Louise)Narrator of the story.
  The story takes place from the time Scout is aged
  6 to 9 but she tells the story as an adult.
• Scout is a tomboy who would rather solve problems
  with her fist than her head.
• Throughout the course of the book, Scout comes to
  a deeper understanding about life around her.

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Atticus Finch

Atticus Finchfather to Jem and Scout. He is a
widower. He is a lawyer and state legislative
representative.
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Jem Finch
Jeremy Atticus Fincholder brother to Scout. Jem
is 10 to 13 years old during the course of this
story. He is Scouts protector and best friend.
Jem deals with many difficult issues throughout
the story.

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Dill Harris

Charles Baker HarrisJem and Scouts neighborhood
friend. Living in Meridian, MS, Dill spends every
summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel Haverford.
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Tom Robinson

• The man who is put on trial for raping a white
  woman.
• Atticus defends him in Part 2 of the novel.

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Boo Radley

• The mysterious neighbor who lives across the
  street from the Finches.
• Helps both Scout and Jem at the end of the novel.

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Minor Characters

• The Ewell FamilyWhite trash A poor, uneducated
  family with evil intentions towards Tom Robinson.
• Mayella Ewell is the woman he is accused of
  raping.
• Bob Ewell is the no good, useless father who
  spends his welfare checks on alcohol instead of
  helping his family.
• The Cunningham Familywhite and poor, Walter Sr.
  was a former client of Atticus. He learns a great
  lesson from Scout.

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More Characters

• CalpurniaThe Finchs housekeeper. She is the
  closest thing to a mother that Jem and Scout
  have. Atticus trusts her completely. One of the
  few African Americans in town who knows how to
  write and she teaches Scout to write.
• Miss Maudie Atkinsonone of the most open-minded
  citizens of Maycomb. Lives across the street from
  Jem and Scout. She helps the children to better
  understand their father Atticus.

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Mockingbird Themes

• Educationthe importance of an education and how
  society is segregated even within race and
  ethnicity.
• Povertythe Depression of the 1930s affected the
  entire South in a dramatic fashion.
• Exs Ewells versus the Cunninghams
• Prejudicesegregation of the south.
• Coming of Agethe maturation of both Jem and
  Scout.

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Mockingbird Themes

• TrustEarning ones trust and keeping it. The
  relationship that Atticus has with his children.
• Racism in the Southern CourtsThe real account of
  the Scottsboro Boys and their unfair and inhumane
  treatment in the courts is the basis for Harper
  Lees court scene with Tom Robinson.

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Harper Lee

• Had early success and won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Monroeville, Alabama

• The real Maycomb, AL
• The historically accurate town in AL that is the
  setting for the novel TKAM.