tkam test Flashcards
boo radley
-lives in the radley house
-is shut up there
-hung out with the wrong crowd when he was younger
-might’ve stabbed his father in the leg with scissors
-saved scout and jem by killing mr. ewell
atticus finch
-jem and scout’s father
-a lawyer
-on the alabama state legistature
-respectful
-has a lot of empathy
-honest
-wise
aunt alexandra
-atticus’ sister
-jem and scout’s aunt
-stayed at finch’s landing
-has a husband who she doesn’t really talk to
-has one kid and one grandkid
-goes to live with them
-tries to make scout and jem into a proper gentleman and lady
-dissaproving of some ways atticus parents
bob ewell
-always drunk and dirty
-lives off of welfare checks
-doesn’t have a job
-has many children
-testifies at the trial/ accuses tom
-maybe abuses mayella
-tries to kill scout and jem
-is killed by boo radley
calpurnia
-the cook/maid for the finches
-acts like a mother figure to scout and jem
-atticus likes her a lot
cecil jacobs
-boy at scout’s school
-teases/ makes fun of her
-they don’t get along well
-they become friends at the end
-scout and jem think that he is scaring them when bob ewell attacks them
dill harris
-comes to maycomb every summer and stays with his aunt miss rachel
-likes to tell stories and exaggerate
-is great friends with scout and jem
-scout’s “fiance”
-mischevious
-adventurous
chiffarobe
-a dresser type thing
-mayella claims that she asked tom to chop one up and then he “took advantage of her”
church in the novel
-first purchase church
-a church “for black people”
-calpurnia takes scout and jem there
-they don’t have song books so the leader sings one line and the people repeat
-the pastor is personal in his sermons
dolphus raymond
-pretends to be drunk to give people a “reason” why he has an african american wife and mixed children
fatherhood in the novel
-two main examples of fathers (one good and one bad)
-atticus: great father but has a unique parenting style, loves his kids, pretty much lets them do what they want
-bob ewell: pays no attention to his children, doesn’t take care of them, abuses them
gender roles in the novel
-scout is expected to be a “lady” and wear dresses, attend teas, etc.
-she likes to hang out with boys and wear overalls
-she views being a girl as a bad thing
-people try to pressure her into not being how she is
-jem and dill sometimes talk about being a girl negatively/ use it as an insult
guns in the novel
-scout and jem get guns as a christmas present
-atticus kills a crazy dog with one in one shot
-atticus used to shoot guns a lot and was very good
-atticus tells them its a sin to kill a mockingbird (with one)
ham
-scout’s role in the paegant for halloween
harper lee
-author
-did her best
humor in the novel
-atticus has a dry sense of humor
-scout sometimes mixes up words or doesn’t understand humor
knothole in the tree
-in the tree by the radley place
-boo puts things in there for scout and jem including a pocket watch and soap dolls of them
-mr. nathan radley fills it with cement because he doesn’t like that
irony in the novel
-boo radley, who they were most afraid of, saves them
-what could’ve saved tom robinson killed him (his crippled arm)
jem finch
-scout’s brother
-going through “changes”
-him and scout are close
-he wants to make atticus proud and be like him`
judge taylor
-the judge on tom robinson’s trial
-seems like he’s not paying attention and bored but it actually a really good judge
-bob ewell tried to break into his house
-was on tom’s side
-respects atticus
mayella ewell
-eldest of bob ewell’s children
-says she was raped by tom robinson
-testifies at the trial
-tries to keep herself/ things clean
-red flowers
-her father abuses her
miss maudie
-like a grandmother/ mother to scout, jem, and dill (but mostly scout)
-makes special cakes for them
-funny
-kind
-loves the kids
miss rachel haverford
-dill’s aunt
-he stays with her every summer
-she gets mad when he runs away to maycomb from his parents but lets him stay
miss stephanie crawford
-gossip
-the kids don’t really like her
-she lies
-lives near them/ on their street
mr. underwood
-newspaper guy
-wrote something about tom in the paper and how it was senseless in killing him
-defends tom and atticus when a mob comes
mrs. henry lafayette dubose
-“the meanest woman who ever lived”
-insulted them
-morphine addict
-jem destroyed her flowers and read to her to make it up
-she died without being addicted anymore
-“bravest woman I ever met”
mr. nathan radley
-boo’s brother
-comes to “stay” with him and keeps him in the house after mr. radley dies
-is more “friendly” than mr. radley
-almost shoots jem when they sneak into the bakyard
-fills the knothole
scout finch
-main character
-atticus’ daughter
-jem’s sister
-dill’s “fiance”
-tomboy
-fiesty
mockingbird
-boo and tom are described as mockingbirds
-don’t do anything wrong, only “sing” and bring good things into the world
-innocent
plot
-boo radley the game
-school
-sneaking into the radley’s yard
-tom’s trial
-tom’s death
-bob ewell’s strange occurences
-halloween pageant
-bob ewell’s attack and murder
-meeting boo
point of view in the novel
-through scout’s eyes
-1st person
-unreliable narrorator
prejudice in the novel
-many people are prejudiced in the novel
-atticus tries to teach them not to be
racism in the novel
-same thing as prejuidice pretty much
reverend sykes
-reverend at calpurnia’s church
-they sit with him at the trial
school in the novel
-its not a very good system but they’re introducing a new way of teaching
-scout doesn’t like it
strange fruit
-poem and song by billie holiday about lynching
-she would often close out her shows by singing it
-it talks about how “strange fruit” hangs from southern trees- meaning black peoples bodies
-it is haunting and warns people about whats going on in the south while also protesting it
setting of the novel
-maycomb, alabama
-1930’s
sheriff heck tate
-town sheriff
-testifies at the trial
-says he thinks tom did it because that’s what bob ewell said
social status in the novel
-there are different kinds of “people”
-it basically goes people like the finches, people like the cunninghams, people like the ewells, and then black people
-white richer, white poor, white dirt poor and rude, and black people
symbols in the novel
-mockingbirds represent people who didn’t do anything wrong or don’t deserve their possible punishment
tom robinson
-a black man who was accused of raping mayella ewell
-innocent
-kind
-is murdered when he tries to escape prison
-has a crippled left arm (got it stuck in a cotton gin)
trial in the novel
-the jury says tom is guilty but takes a while
-people secretly support tom
-sheriff tate, bob ewell, mayella ewell, and tom testify and are cross examined
-judge taylor judges
-ultimatley they lose despite evidence but they plan to appeal
pageant in the novel
-miss stephanie crawford puts on a halloween paegant about products/ agriculture
-scout is ham
-her cue is “po-ork”
-she falls asleep and misses her cue
-the pageant is put on because the year previously people stole miss tutti and miss fruiti’s furniture and put it in their basement
theme of the novel
everyone should be treated equally
uncle jack
-scout’s uncle
-atticus and aunt alexandra’s brother
-scout likes him
-he disciplines scout after her fight with francis
-he is a doctor
-they make up
walter cunningham jr.
-goes to school with scout
-scout originally didn’t like him
-had to tell mrs. caroline that he wouldn’t have lunch
-took him home to lunch with them
-wanted to play more with him but aunt alexandra said no
walter cunningham sr.
-walter’s dad
-atticus is helping him with his “entailment”
-never takes anything he can’t pay back
-poor
-showed up to the jail but scout talked to him and they all left
zeebo
-the song leader at cal’s church
-cal’s son
