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| Jean Louise "Scout" Finch | narrator. daughter of atticus sister of Jem. has a black cook Calpurnia. Tomboy |
| Atticus Finch | Father of scout and jem. Lawyer in Maycomb. takes case to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. |
| Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch | scouts brother. 4 years older than Scout. ideals shaken badly by evil and injustice during Tom robinson case |
| Arthur "Boo" Radley | kid who never comes outside. symbol of goodness and a little creepy at beginning. Is one of the Mokingbirds (person who is good but injured by evil of man kind) |
| Bob Ewell | Drunk unemployed and Maycomb's poorest family. Father of daughter who was supposedlu raped. represents bad side of south: poverty, squalor, & hate-filled racial prejudice |
| Charles Baker "Dill" Harris | jem and Scouts summer neighbor and close friend. confident boy with an imagination. becomes fascinated with Boo Radley. |
| Miss Maudie Atkinson | Finches' neighbor. widow in late 40. Shares atticus's passion for justice. kids best friend who is an adult |
| Calpurnia | Finches black cook. |
| Aunt Alexandria | Atticus's sister. |
| Mayella Ewell | Bob ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter. shameful indiciment of Tom robinson |
| Tom Robinson | black chrecropper accused of rape. Tom is a Mickingbird important sybol of innnocence destroyed by evil |
| Link Deas | Tom Robinsons employer. |
| Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose | elderly illtempered racist woman who lives near the finches'. jem does not like her but Atticus admires her for her t\courage to battleher morphine addiction |
| Nathan Radley | Boo's older brother. Nathan cruelly cuts off element of Boo's relationship with Jem and Scout when he plugs up the knothole in which boo leaves presents for the kids |
| heck tate | sheriff of maycomb and witness in Tom's trial. |
| Mr. Underwood | publisher of newspaper.respects Atticus |
| Mr. Dolphus Raymond | wealthy white man who lives with black mistress and mulatto kids. he pretends to be a drunk so Maycomb will have explanation for his behavoir. Prefers to live with blacks |
| Mr. Walter Cunningham | poor farmer and part of mob who seeks to lynch Tom at the jail. Displays human goodness when Scouts politeness compels him to disperse the men at the jail. |
| Walter Cunningham | son of Walter Cunningham and classmate with Scout. Unable to afford lunch at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble |
