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TKAM Characters
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scout Finch | Otherwise known as Jean Louise; narrator of story; received a manners lesson when she criticizes a guest at the dinner table |
| Jem Finch | Going through adolescence during the novel; loves to play football |
| Atticus Finch | Holds elected office in Alabama and frequently visits Montgomery; Attorney in Maycomb Alabama; shoots a dog with rabies |
| Calpurnia | Finch housekeeper; teaches Scout to write cursive; Goes with Atticus to visit Helen and stays there |
| Link Deas | Tom Robinson's white employer; gives Helen a job even when he doesn't have one open |
| Aunt Alexandra | obsessed with family heritage and history; moves in with the Finches to teach Scout how to be a lady; resident of Finches landing; warns Atticus that Bob Ewell will do something furtive |
| Miss Maudie | Finches neighbor; bakes individual cakes for Jem, Scout, and Dill; house catches on fire as she tries to save her flowers from the cold |
| Dill Harris | Always tells stories about his father; visits every summer from Meridian, Mississippi |
| Rachael Haverford | Dill's aunt and Finches next door neighbor |
| Stephanie Crawford | Town gossip, always eager to let everyone know what's going on and what she thinks |
| Boo Radley | Recluse who lives next to Finches; Spent time in courthouse basement for bad behavior; leaves gifts for the children in a knothole; saves children from Bob Ewell |
| Tom Robinson | Lives in settlement beyond the dump with wife and children; caught his arm in a cotton gin when young; accused of raping Mayella Ewell |
| Boo Radley | Recluse who lives next to Finches; Spent time in courthouse basement for bad behavior; leaves gifts for the children in a knothole; saves children from Bob Ewell |
| Tom Robinson | Lives in settlement beyond the dump with wife and children; caught his arm in a cotton gin when young; accused of raping Mayella Ewell |
| Bob Ewell | Lives next to the Maycomb dump; known for his drinking and violent temper |
| Mayella Ewell | accuses Tom Robinson of raping her; carefully tends the geraniums that dot her otherwise squalid yard |
| Mr. Underwood | Racist but fair owner/editor of the Maycomb Tribune; |
| Mrs. Dubose | Struggles to break an addiction to Morphine; very upset with Atticus for defending Tom Robinson; tells the children that Atticus is not any better than the people he advocates for; Jem reads to her |