Characters

Characters

1. Scout

   • adjectives
     • unladylike
     • Hot Tempered
     • Humorous
     • Precocious
   • Facts
     • She is the narrator of the story
     • She is a tomboy and rathers to play rough
     • She is easily angered
   • quotes
     • "she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more faint distaste"
     • "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

2. Boo Radley

   • Adjectives
     • Quiet
     • strange
     • Dangerous
     • Gentle
     • unknown
     • Confused
   • Facts
     • He is the myth of Maycomb as he is hidden away from society
     • He is made out to be a monster
     • He cares for Scout and Jem, as shown when he saves them both at the end of the book
     • leaves presents in the tree for Jem and Scout
   • Quotes
     • "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten, his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time."
     • "In the house lived a malevolent phantom."

3. Jem

   • Adjectives
     • Mature
     • developing
     • funny
     • well tempered
     • athletical
     • respectful
     • loyal
     • inquisitive
     • Bossy
   • Facts
     • biological sister is Scout
     • loves sports as shown by his constant reading of American Football magazines
     • Jem is proud of his fathers shot after killing the ill dog
     • Jem still hates Mrs Dubose although she's dead as she sent him a head off her camelia bush when she died
   • quotes
     • "when I was your age. If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time . . . it's because he wants to stay inside."
     • "Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside."

4. Atticus

   • Adjectives
     • humorous
     • mature
     • calm
     • formal
     • responsible
     • courageous
     • modest
     • wise
     • perspective
   • facts
     • He is Scout and Jem's biological father
     • he is a lawyer
     • he is the only lawyer willing to take the Tom Robinson trial
     • comes from a wealthy-ish background
       • F.E Finch's Landing
   • Quotes
     • "Shoot all the bluejays you want but it is a sin to kill a mockingbird"
     • “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
     • “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

5. Tom Robinson

   • Adjectives
     • Poor
     • innocent
     • afraid
     • badly-treated
     • compassionate
     • friendly
     • polite
   • Facts
     • he is on trial for an accused rape by Bob Ewell
     • he comes from the poor side of maycomb
     • He only has one hand
     • he is later killed off after trying to escape the Maycomb County Jail
   • quotes
     • "I thought Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but he's the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that."

6. Calpurnia

   • Adjectives
     • stubborn
     • kind
     • brave
     • respectful
     • hard-working
     • poor
     • fair
   • facts
     • she works for Atticus as a "maid" sort of
     • she goes to the black community church
     • she is seen as equal to Atticus
   • quotes
     • “Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams"
     • "Calpurnia led a double life"

7. Aunt Alexandra

   • adjectives
     • Mean
     • bossy
     • Racist
     • over-ruling
   • facts
     • she is Atticus' sister
     • she looks after Finch's landing
     • She isn't fond of Calpurnia
     • she moves in with Atticus to try and make Scout more "lady-like"
   • quotes
     • ‘Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia.’
     • "it would be best for you to have some feminine influence"
     • (re Walter Cunningham) "He – is – trash"