ch. 1-12 Flashcards
Jem
Scouts big brother. nearly 10
Scout
narrator and main character
6 years old at the beginning
tomboy and hot headed
innocent eye
Dill
Charles Baker Harris
older than scout but short
sense of imagination and adventure
Atticus
father of Scout and Jem
Moral lawyer who believe sin the hood of all people
Calpurnia
Black cook for Finch Famoly
negotiate between black and white worlds
mother figure
Boo Radley
Arthur Radley
Recluse hidden in his house
insane monster who peers in windows
Aunt Alexandra
Atticuss sister
thinks the children need better care
traditional beliefs
Ms Maudie
kind neighbor
friends with scout
gives a good moral perspective to the children
Ewells
lower clas people who could make money but choose not to
cunningham’s
farmers who were hit hard by the great depression
use what they have to pay abck
Reverend Sykes and Heck Tate
black reverend
sheriff
Judge Taylor
judge for the trial
Mrs Fucose
Sick mean old lady who wins atticus praise but beating her morphine addiction
mockingbird
represents those victimized by prejudice. they harm nobody they only sing for the enjoyment of humans. they aren’t bound to the rules to which others might adhere.
mocking is apparent
caste system
townspeople with background (finches)
hardworking white citizens (heck tate)
white farmers: those who have land (cunningham’s
white trash: those who choose not to work (ewells)
black community: balck people who work where they can find it