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boo radley

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-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

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atticus finch

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-jem and scout’s father
-a lawyer
-on the alabama state legistature
-respectful
-has a lot of empathy
-honest
-wise

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aunt alexandra

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-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

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bob ewell

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-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

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calpurnia

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-the cook/maid for the finches
-acts like a mother figure to scout and jem
-atticus likes her a lot

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cecil jacobs

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-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

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dill harris

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-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

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chiffarobe

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-a dresser type thing
-mayella claims that she asked tom to chop one up and then he “took advantage of her”

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church in the novel

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-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

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dolphus raymond

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-pretends to be drunk to give people a “reason” why he has an african american wife and mixed children

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fatherhood in the novel

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-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

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gender roles in the novel

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-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

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guns in the novel

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-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)

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ham

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-scout’s role in the paegant for halloween

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harper lee

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-author
-did her best

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humor in the novel

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-atticus has a dry sense of humor
-scout sometimes mixes up words or doesn’t understand humor

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knothole in the tree

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-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

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irony in the novel

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-boo radley, who they were most afraid of, saves them
-what could’ve saved tom robinson killed him (his crippled arm)

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jem finch

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-scout’s brother
-going through “changes”
-him and scout are close
-he wants to make atticus proud and be like him`

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judge taylor

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-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

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mayella ewell

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-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

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miss maudie

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-like a grandmother/ mother to scout, jem, and dill (but mostly scout)
-makes special cakes for them
-funny
-kind
-loves the kids

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miss rachel haverford

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-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

24
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miss stephanie crawford

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-gossip
-the kids don’t really like her
-she lies
-lives near them/ on their street

25
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mr. underwood

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-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

26
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mrs. henry lafayette dubose

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-“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”

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mr. nathan radley

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-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

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scout finch

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-main character
-atticus’ daughter
-jem’s sister
-dill’s “fiance”
-tomboy
-fiesty

29
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mockingbird

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-boo and tom are described as mockingbirds
-don’t do anything wrong, only “sing” and bring good things into the world
-innocent

30
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plot

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-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

31
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point of view in the novel

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-through scout’s eyes
-1st person
-unreliable narrorator

32
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prejudice in the novel

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-many people are prejudiced in the novel
-atticus tries to teach them not to be

33
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racism in the novel

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-same thing as prejuidice pretty much

34
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reverend sykes

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-reverend at calpurnia’s church
-they sit with him at the trial

35
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school in the novel

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-its not a very good system but they’re introducing a new way of teaching
-scout doesn’t like it

36
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strange fruit

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-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

37
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setting of the novel

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-maycomb, alabama
-1930’s

38
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sheriff heck tate

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-town sheriff
-testifies at the trial
-says he thinks tom did it because that’s what bob ewell said

39
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social status in the novel

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-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

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symbols in the novel

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-mockingbirds represent people who didn’t do anything wrong or don’t deserve their possible punishment

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tom robinson

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-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)

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trial in the novel

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-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

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pageant in the novel

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-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

44
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theme of the novel

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everyone should be treated equally

45
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uncle jack

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-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

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walter cunningham jr.

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-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

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walter cunningham sr.

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-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

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zeebo

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-the song leader at cal’s church
-cal’s son

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