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Inquisitive
Looks up to Jem
Intelligent, learns to read at a young age
Narrator of the novel
Solves problems with her fists
Tomboy
Opinionated
Brave
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Brave, daring
Curious about Boo Radley
Four years older than Scout
Obsessed with curiosity about the Radley
family
Mature
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Old One Shot
Smart
Lawyer defending a black man in court
Treats his children with mutual respect
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Unreliable, not sure when he is telling the
truth
Spends the summer in Meridian, MS with his
aunt Rachel Haverford
Proposes marriage to Scout!
Has seen Dracula
Curious
Passed around between relatives
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“All angles and bones” (skinny)
Educated
Nanny for the Finch family, cooks and cares for
the kids
Taught Scout how to write
Doesn’t know how old she is
Been friends with the Finch family since before
Jem & Scout
Talks differently when in her neighborhood
Grammar slips when she’s angry
Taught her kids how to read and write
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Looks and smells like a peppermint
New to Maycomb, from Northern Alabama
Brings the Dewey Decimal System to
Maycomb
No more than 21 years old, straight out of
college
Does not know the locals and family trends in
Maycomb
The boy students like her
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Lives across the street from the Finch family
Likes to garden and bake
Optimistic
Her house burns down
Grew up with uncle Jack
Hates gossip
Treats Jem, Scout & Dill with respect
Baptist
Moves in with Stephanie Crawford
Makes Lane Cake without giving out her recipe
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Big Gossip
Lives on the same street as the Finch family
Not married, no children
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Boo Radley’s older brother
Plugs up the knothole in the tree where Scout
& Jem found gifts
Foot-washing Baptist
Jem & Scout are not interested/curious as
much any more (in the second half) about the
Radleys
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Very strict & proper
Tries to keep family traditions
Constantly telling Atticus how he should raise
his kids
Tries to get rid of Calpurnia
Concerned about Scout, trying to make her
into a lady
Concerned about class, family history, and
race
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Reverend at 1st Purchase Church (Cal’s
church)
Sits with Jem & Scout in the colored balcony
in the courtroom
Tries to raise $10 for Tom Robinson’s family
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Sheriff of Maycomb County
Testifies at the trial
Found Mayella bruised and beaten
Not a good shot
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Prosecutor defending the Ewell family
Made Dill cry
Scout doesn’t know him that well
Does not treat Tom Robinson respectfully
during the trial.
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Bad arm, stuck in a cotton gin when he was
young, it is now useless
Has a wife and children
Honest, doesn’t take money from Mayella
Innocent in trial, accused of raping Mayella
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Lazy, relaxed in trials/court
Fair
Doesn’t kiss his wife much ….has a wife
Chews cigars
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Mayella’s dad
Drunk/alcoholic
Abusive
Lives behind a dump in a cabin
Racist
Has a lot of kids
Hunts
Spends most of his money on liquor
illiterate
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Garden-red geraniums
Tries to be presentable, doesn’t like her
lifestyle, makes due with what she has
Doesn’t have friends
19 years old
Acts like a mother to siblings
Not used to respect, thinks Atticus is mocking
her when he says “mam”….
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Runs the Maycomb paper
Back up for Atticus at the jail, guarding Tom
Robinson
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Gave scout the blanket
Isolated from society
In a gang
Radleys become less interesting to Jem &
Scout