To Kill A Mockingbird
By Harper Lee
Scout Finch

Scout Finch (Jean Louise)—Narrator
of the story. The story takes place
from the time Scout is aged 6 to 9 but
she tells the story as an adult.
 Scout is a tomboy who would rather
solve problems with her fist than her
head.
 Throughout the course of the book,
Scout comes to a deeper
understanding about life around her.
Atticus Finch

Atticus Finch—father to Jem
and Scout.
He is a widower.
He is a lawyer and state
legislative representative.
Jem Finch

Jeremy Atticus Finch—older
brother to Scout.
Jem is 10 to 13 years old during
the course of this story.
He is Scout’s protector and best
friend.
Jem deals with many difficult
issues throughout the story.
Dill Harris

Charles Baker
Harris—Jem and
Scout’s neighborhood
friend. Living in
Meridian, MS, Dill
spends every summer
with his aunt, Miss
Rachel Haverford.
Tom Robinson

The man who is put on trial for raping a
white woman.
 Atticus defends him in Part 2 of the novel.
Boo Radley

The mysterious neighbor who lives across
the street from the Finches.
Minor Characters
The Ewell Family—”White trash” A poor,
uneducated family with evil intentions towards Tom
Robinson.
– Mayella Ewell is the woman he is accused of
raping.
– Bob Ewell is the no good, useless father who
spends his welfare checks on alcohol instead of
helping his family.
 The Cunningham Family—white and poor, Walter
Sr. was a former client of Atticus. He learns a great
lesson from Scout.

More Characters
Calpurnia—The Finch’s housekeeper. She is the
closest thing to a mother that Jem and Scout have.
Atticus trusts her completely. One of the few
African Americans in town who knows how to write
and she teaches Scout to write.
 Miss Maudie Atkinson—one of the most openminded citizens of Maycomb. Lives across the street
from Jem and Scout. She helps the children to better
understand their father Atticus.

Mockingbird Themes

Education—the importance of an education
and how society is segregated even within
race and ethnicity.
 Poverty—the Depression of the 1930’s
affected the entire South in a dramatic
fashion.
– Ex’s Ewell’s versus the Cunningham’s

Prejudice—segregation of the south.
 Coming of Age—the maturation of both
Jem and Scout.
Mockingbird Themes
Trust—Earning one’s trust and keeping it.
The relationship that Atticus has with his
children.
 Racism in the Southern Courts—The real
account of the Scottsboro Boys and their
unfair and inhumane treatment in the courts
is the basis for Harper Lee’s court scene
with Tom Robinson.

Harper Lee

Had early success and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Monroeville, Alabama

The real Maycomb, AL
 The historically accurate town in AL that is
the setting for the novel TKAM.