To Kill A Mockingbird
Characters
Scout
• Real name=
Jean Louise Finch
• Narrator and protagonist
of the novel
• Lives with her father and
brother and their cook
• Intelligent and a tomboy
Jem
• Real name=
Jeremy Atticus Finch
• Scout’s brother and
constant playmate at
beginning of story
• “Typical American boy,”
always takes a dare,
fantasizes about football
• Four years older than
Scout
Atticus
• Scout and Jem’s father
• Lawyer in Maycomb
• Descended from old local family
• Widower
• Has instilled in his family a
strong sense of morality and
justice
• Committed to racial equality
Arthur “Boo” Radley
• Recluse, never sets foot outside
his house
• Dominates imaginations of the
children
• Symbol of goodness wrapped in
an original façade of creepiness
• Leaves little presents for Scout
and Jem
• Was an intelligent child, but
damaged by his cruel father
Bob Ewell
• A drunk
• Member of Maycomb’s
poorest family
• Wrongfully accuses
Tom Robinson
Dill
• Real name=
Charles Baker Harris
• Jem and Scout’s
summer neighbor and
friend
• Confident boy with
active imagination
Miss Maudie Atkinson
• Finches’ neighbor
• Sharp-tongued widow
• Old friend of the family
• Children’s best friend
among Maycomb
adults
Calpurnia
• The Finch’s black cook
• Stern disciplinarian
• Children’s bridge
between their own
white world and
Calpurnia’s black
community
Aunt Alexandra
• Atticus’ sister
• Strong-willed woman
with fierce devotion to
family
• Perfect southern lady
• Committed to
traditions
Mayella Ewell
• Bob Ewell’s abused,
lonely, unhappy
daughter
• Falsely accuses Tom
Robinson
Tom Robinson
• Black field hand
accused of rape
Link Deas
• Tom Robinson’s
employer
• Willing to look past
race and praise the
integrity of Tom’s
character
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose
• Elderly, ill-tempered
racist woman who lives
near the Finches
Nathan Radley
• Boo Radley’s older
brother
• Plugs up the knothole
in which Boo leaves
the children gifts
Heck Tate
• Sheriff of Maycomb
• Major witness at Tom
Robinson’s trial
• A decent man who
tries to prevent
innocent from evil
Mr. Underwood
• Publisher of
Maycomb’s newspaper
• Respects Atticus and
becomes his ally
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
• Wealthy white man who
lives with his black
mistress and children
• Pretends to be a drunk so
the citizens of Maycomb
have an explanation for his
behavior
• Jaded by the hypocrisy of
white society and prefers
living among blacks
Mr. Walter Cunningham
• Poor farmer and part
of mob that seeks to
lynch Tom Robinson at
the jail
• Displays his human
goodness when
Scout’s politeness
compels him to
disperse the men at
the jail
Walter Cunningham
• Son of Mr.
Cunningham and
classmate of Scout
• Cannot afford lunch
one day and
accidentally gets Scout
in trouble