TKAM Study Guide
Blakelyn Watson
Graham
English II
Block 4
September 30, 2013
Study Guide Format
Characters:
Scout - The narrator and protagonist of the story
Jem - Scout’s brother, playmate; Dill’s companion
Atticus - Scout and Jem’s father, a widower & lawyer in Macomb descended from an old local family
Calpurnia - The Finchs' black housekeeper. She grew up at Finch's Landing and moved with Atticus to Maycomb; the closest thing to a mother that Scout and Jem have & fewest of negroes in town who can read and write
Charles Baker “Dill” - Jem and Scout's neighborhood friend. Living in Meridian, Mississippi, Dill spends every summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel Haverford
Bob Ewell – a drunken, one of the poorest members of Maycomb County. Ewell represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice.
Arthur “Boo” Radley - The mysterious neighbor who piques the children's interest. They've never seen him and make a game of trying to get him to come outside.
Tom Robinson - The black man who is accused of raping and beating Mayella Ewell.
Mayella - daughter of Bob Ewell, who’s lonely, unhappy, & abused by her father
Dolphus Raymond- A wealthy white man who is married to a black woman with their mulatto (mixed) children
Mr. Cunningham – A poor farmer and part of the mob that seeks to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail. Mr. Cunningham and his family suggest that at least some kinds of discrimination and violence come out of ignorance, and that experience can open eyes and change minds.
Miss Maudie Atkinson - One of Maycomb's most open-minded citizens, Miss Maudie lives across the street from Jem and Scout. An avid gardener, she often spends time talking with the children, especially Scout with helping them to better understand Atticus and their community.
Quotes: (context)
-page 30 “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around
Graham
English II
Block 4
September 30, 2013
Study Guide Format
Characters:
Scout - The narrator and protagonist of the story
Jem - Scout’s brother, playmate; Dill’s companion
Atticus - Scout and Jem’s father, a widower & lawyer in Macomb descended from an old local family
Calpurnia - The Finchs' black housekeeper. She grew up at Finch's Landing and moved with Atticus to Maycomb; the closest thing to a mother that Scout and Jem have & fewest of negroes in town who can read and write
Charles Baker “Dill” - Jem and Scout's neighborhood friend. Living in Meridian, Mississippi, Dill spends every summer with his aunt, Miss Rachel Haverford
Bob Ewell – a drunken, one of the poorest members of Maycomb County. Ewell represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice.
Arthur “Boo” Radley - The mysterious neighbor who piques the children's interest. They've never seen him and make a game of trying to get him to come outside.
Tom Robinson - The black man who is accused of raping and beating Mayella Ewell.
Mayella - daughter of Bob Ewell, who’s lonely, unhappy, & abused by her father
Dolphus Raymond- A wealthy white man who is married to a black woman with their mulatto (mixed) children
Mr. Cunningham – A poor farmer and part of the mob that seeks to lynch Tom Robinson at the jail. Mr. Cunningham and his family suggest that at least some kinds of discrimination and violence come out of ignorance, and that experience can open eyes and change minds.
Miss Maudie Atkinson - One of Maycomb's most open-minded citizens, Miss Maudie lives across the street from Jem and Scout. An avid gardener, she often spends time talking with the children, especially Scout with helping them to better understand Atticus and their community.
Quotes: (context)
-page 30 “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around