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
setting
1933-1935
maycomb alabama
first person major
moral courage
having courage to do what is right in the face of adversity
beats morphine addiction
defends tom robinson
Cal stands up for scout and jem at the church
physical courage
willing oneself to physically overcome fear or danger shoots mad dog jem touched radley house morphine addiction me avery goes into burning house
flowers
camelias are racism cuz u cut it off but don’t solve the problem of racism
or
cami kiss and azaleas represent resilience because they grow back and stand up in bad situations
tom johnson
racism
prejudice spreads like a disease in the town of may comb
dangerous like a rabid dog
a little to right
Atticus is to the right implying he is to the right in his politics because he protects integrity
he is off target with his stance towards tok robinson
prejudice e
upbringing society lack of knowledge and scapegoating
u learn it u aren’t born it
satire
your best learning is from your role models and not from school
scout has an innocent eye perspective and is brought up through the novel by her neighbors and family
boo radley myth
he is seen to be a monster but the children soon realize he mayb not be evil after all
scouts learnings
see form other perspective respect others not everyone has equal wealth compromise impolite to tease differences integrity (tom - try even tho u might fail) violence isn’t the way courage comes in all shapes