Ch. 1-11 Flashcards
Caroline fisher
New to teaching and to Maycomb and its ways, she is Scout’s first grade teacher.
Calpurnia
The Finches’ black cook. Calpurnia is a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community.
Charles baker(Dill)
Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend. Dill is a diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination. He becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and represents the perspective of childhood innocence throughout the novel.
Walter Cunningham
Son of Mr. Cunningham and classmate of Scout. Walter cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble.
Heck Tate
The sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson’s trial. Heck is a decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger.
Miss Maudie Atkinson
She is a very nice old lady that lives across the street from Jem and scout. She loves to garden and is always teaching the children about morality.
Jean Louis Finch(Scout)
The protagonist of the story, is intelligent and, by the standards of her time and place, a tomboy. Scout has a combative streak and a basic faith in the goodness of the people in her community
Stephanie Crawford
The neighborhood gossip.
Atticus Finch(one shot finch)
Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family and a widower. Atticus has instilled in his children his strong sense of morality and justice. He is one of the few residents of Maycomb committed to racial equality. When he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man charged with raping a white woman, he exposes himself and his family to the anger of the white community.
John Taylor
The judge at Toms trial, he appoints Atticus to represent the black man accused of rape.
Mr. Arthur Radley (Boo)
A recluse who never sets foot outside his house, Boo dominates the imaginations of Jem, Scout, and Dill. He is a powerful symbol of goodness swathed in an initial shroud of creepiness.
Nathan Radley
Boo Radley’s older brother. Scout thinks that Nathan is similar to the deceased Mr. Radley, Boo and Nathan’s father.
Mrs. Dubose
An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. Although Jem believes that Mrs. Dubose is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction.
Miss Rachel
Dills aunt who lives next door to the finches.
Jeremy Atticus(Jem)
Scouts brother and constant playmate, he protects her and is her close companion throughout the novel.
