Vocab Flashcards
A recluse who never sets foot outside his house, he dominates the imagination of Jem, Scout and Dill.
Arthur “Boo Radley”
Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend
Dill
A classmate of of Scout. He cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble.
Walter Cunningham Jr
An African American Field hand accused of rape. He is one of the novel’s mockingbirds”, an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil.
Tom Robinson
The sheriff of Maycomb.
Heck Tate
The finches African American Cook.
Calpurnia
A drunken, mostly unemployed member of Maycomb’s poorest family. In his knowingly wrongful accusation that Tom raped his daughter.
Bob Ewell
A wealthy white man who lives with his African American mistress and their children. He pretends to be a drunk so that citizens will have an explanation for his behavior
Dolphus Raymond
Tom Robinson’s employer
Link Deas
Boo’s older brother who filled the knot hole
Nathan Radley
The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp tongued widow and an old friend of the family.
Miss Maudie
A poor farmer and part of the mob that seeks to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail.
Mr. Walter Cunningham
Scout and Jem’s father. He is the lawyer who is representing Tom.
Atticus
The narrator and protagonist
Scout
Atticus’s sister
Aunt Alexandria
