To Kill A Mockingbird Character CHart

To Kill A Mockingbird Character Chart

Atticus

Miss Rachel

Boo Radley

Miss Maudie Atkinson

*neighbor and Dill's aunt

*Middle aged woman with dark hair, always worrying about Dill

* She is always losing Dill

*The character says," Doo Jesus, Dill Harris! Gamblin' in my fishpool? I'll strip-poker you, sir!"

*Jem and Scout's father

*lawman, smart, kind, equal treatment of people

*The Robinson case is causing problems in the town.

*The character says,“We can continue reading but just don’t tell your teacher.”

Bob Ewell

*neighbor, fun to bother

*ugly, older man who never comes out of the house

*He hasn’t come out of his house in years and is lonely.

*People say this about the character,“Boo Radley. You were too busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.”

*nice neighbor of Jem and Scout, keeps flowers

*older lady, gardener, sweet to children enjoys company, wise

*She thinks that Atticus raises his children well and is a good father.

“Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives me more yard. Just think, I’ll have more room for my azaleas now!”

Jem

Miss Stephanie Crawford

Dill (Charles Baker Harris)

Scout

*Father of Mayella and all the other filthy children with his last name

*Ugly, rude, older man, wife died, 8 children, lives in the dump

*He could get put in jail for abusing his daughter.

*He is making her lie about who raped her.

*“Well, if I aint I can’t do nothing about it now, her mama’s dead.”

*Daughter of Atticus, sister to Jem

*tomboy, young (8), lively, wild and free

*She doesn’t like school.

*She is stuck in the middle of being a tomboy and a girl and feels like she doesn’t belong.

* The charater says,"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

*Six, "goin on seven", friend of Jem and Scout.

*lives with Miss Rachel during the summers

*Sweet, adventurous boy, curious and short

*doesn't have a father

*“I’m little but I’m old,”

*Scout's brother, Atticus's son

*A nice looking boy who likes to play but is learning to become a man, very brave

*He’s worried about his father and his case.

*The character says,“Scout stop being such a girl!”

Calpurnia

*One of the neighbors of the Finch’s

*older lady who gossips about everyone

*She isn’t always in the loop about things.

*She talks too much.

*People don’t like her because she spreads rumors.

*“Atticus treats his children the same in town as he does in the house.”

Aunt Alexandra

Mayella Ewell

*the cook/nurse/ housekeeper/mother figure

*black, kind, strict, thoughtful, and protective

*She has to go between her people and white people.

*The character says,“If you can’t be kind to your company, then you can sit here in the kitchen and eat.”

*Daughter of Bob Ewell, was "raped"

*Bulky, 19 year old, takes care of the children, does whatever her father tells her, tries to stay clean, enjoys flowers

*Accused Tom Robinson of raping her.

*Is stuck in the middle of a trial.

*“Reckon I did, screamed and hollered for all I was worth,kicked and hollered loud as I could.”

Mrs. Henry Dubose

*Jem and Scout’s aunt, Atticus & Uncle Jack’s sister

*rude, cold lady, who is just there most often

*Her husband and her do not get along.

*She is not very fond of children.

*“I’ll tell you why,” she said. “Because—

he—is—trash, that’s why you can’t play with him. I’ll not have you around him,

picking up his habits and learning Lord-knows-what.”

Tom Robinson

*lives close to the Finches, friend of Atticus

*She is old and ugly. Her skin is gray and her skin is wrinkly. She is either in her wheelchair or in bed.

*She is a morphine addict.

*She is sick.

*She is going to die soon.

*“Don’t you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose!”

*A black man in the community accused of rape

*Black skin, handicapped in one arm, large nose and eyes

*He is accused of rape.

*He isn’t guilty and has a family to support.

*Job was taken and his family is having a hard time surviving.

*“Got in a fight with another man, he tried to cut me.”