To Kill A Mocking Bird

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Characters
Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch
She narrates the story describing her life between the ages of six and nine. She is a tomboy and well educated, mainly due to her father, and she has an optimistic view of the world and people around her. She lives with her widowed father, older brother and their black cook.
Atticus Finch
Scout’s father is a lawyer in Maycomb and is descended from a well-respected local family. He has had to raise his children alone and has instilled in them a strong sense of morality and fair play. During the 1930’s there were great problems between the races, and he was one of the few committed to attaining equality for both blacks and whites. He agrees to defend a local black man charged with rape which exposing himself and his family to anger from the white community.
Jeremy Atticus ‘Jem’ Finch
Scout’s brother is four years her senior, but is her constant playmate at the beginning of the story. Towards the end of the tale he moves into adolescence and is shaken badly by the evil and injustice, which he witnesses during the trial of Tom Robinson.
Tom Robinson
A black sharecropper who is accused of rape of a white woman, a member of the Ewell clan.
Calpurnia
The old family cook of the Finch family, she is a stern disciplinarian and provides a link between the white world of the children and her own black community.
Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley
A recluse who has never set foot outside his house for fifteen years who becomes a source of intrigue for the children, adding fuel to their fertile imaginations. He only appears once during the novel, but this is a crucial episode in the book.
Charles Baker ‘Dill’ Harris
He is the Finch children’s summer neighbor living with his aunt Miss Rachel Haverford. He is a diminutive boy oozing with confidence and an active imagination. He leads the other two in their games of make-believe and is preoccupied with finding out more about Boo Radley.
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