Characters In To Kill A Mocking Bird

Question 1

Major characters

Answer 1

-Jem (brave, boy, ideas of justice)
-scout (real name jean Louise, inquisitive tomboy)

-Tom Robinson (black man accused of raping a white woman)

-Boo radley (real name is author, reclusive neighbor.)

-Atticus (father to scout and jem, well respected lawyer, believes in justice)

-Calpurina (black house keeper, surrogate mother to jem and scout)

Question 2

Important minor characters

Answer 2

-Dill (sensitive troublemaker, adventurous)

-Mrs Dubose (grumpy lady addicted to morphine)

-Miss Maudie Atkinson (finch’s neighbor, trust worthy adult for the kids)

-Walter Cunningham (poor boy from a farming family in scouts class)

-Mrs Caroline fisher(jem and scouts grade 1 teacher)

-Stephane Crawford (neighborhood snitch)

-Aunt Alexandra (sister to Atticus)

-uncle jack (brother to Atticus)

-Francis (Aunt Alexandra grandson, scouts cousin)

Question 3

Settings

Answer 3

-Maycomb, Alabama
-small town
-sleepy rural town that’s hot and isolated

Question 4

Major themes

Answer 4

-courage
-prejudice
-innocence
-racism
-equality
-different perspectives

Question 5

Conflicts

Answer 5

-Tom Robinson case, that involves mayella
-encounters with Boo Radley
-Mr Cunningham and KKK
-Scout and jem in the forest getting attacked after the Halloween pageant by Bob Ewell

Question 6

Conclusion to these conflicts

Answer 6

-Tom Robinson is found guilty and killed
-Boo saves scout and Jem from Bob Ewell
-scout defuses the situation with Mr cunningham by bringing up how his son is in her class, and was being polite by making conversation and asking questions.

Question 7

Major symbols

Answer 7

-knothole, (boo puts in items that represent the kids and certain activities)
-camellias in Mrs dubose garden symbolizes hope and forgiveness.
-blanket that boo protects scout from Miss Maudie’s house burning down.