ch. 1-12 Flashcards

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1
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Jem

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Scouts big brother. nearly 10

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2
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Scout

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narrator and main character
6 years old at the beginning
tomboy and hot headed
innocent eye

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3
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Dill

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Charles Baker Harris
older than scout but short
sense of imagination and adventure

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Atticus

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father of Scout and Jem

Moral lawyer who believe sin the hood of all people

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Calpurnia

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Black cook for Finch Famoly
negotiate between black and white worlds
mother figure

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Boo Radley

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Arthur Radley
Recluse hidden in his house
insane monster who peers in windows

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Aunt Alexandra

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Atticuss sister
thinks the children need better care
traditional beliefs

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Ms Maudie

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kind neighbor
friends with scout
gives a good moral perspective to the children

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9
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Ewells

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lower clas people who could make money but choose not to

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10
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cunningham’s

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farmers who were hit hard by the great depression

use what they have to pay abck

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11
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Reverend Sykes and Heck Tate

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black reverend

sheriff

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12
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Judge Taylor

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judge for the trial

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13
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Mrs Fucose

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Sick mean old lady who wins atticus praise but beating her morphine addiction

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14
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mockingbird

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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

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15
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caste system

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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

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16
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setting

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1933-1935
maycomb alabama
first person major

17
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moral courage

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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

18
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physical courage

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willing oneself to physically overcome fear or danger
shoots mad dog
jem touched radley house 
morphine addiction 
me avery goes into burning house
19
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flowers

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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

20
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tom johnson

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racism
prejudice spreads like a disease in the town of may comb
dangerous like a rabid dog

21
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a little to right

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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

22
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prejudice e

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upbringing society lack of knowledge and scapegoating

u learn it u aren’t born it

23
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satire

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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

24
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boo radley myth

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he is seen to be a monster but the children soon realize he mayb not be evil after all

25
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scouts learnings

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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