To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Characters
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To Kill a Mockingbird Characters

Meet the Cast

Jean Louise Finch (Scout)

Scout’s Honor Scout may or may not be a lover, but she’s definitely a fighter. Espec...

Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)

Obsession with Boo While Dill is often the imagination behind the Finch kids’ early attemp...

Atticus Finch

Atticus as Father Neither of the Finch kids ever calls their father “Dad”; he’...

Calpurnia

Calpurnia’s Tough Love While everyone in the novel is filtered through Scout’s perce...

Charles Baker Harris (Dill)

For Scout and Jem, summer means Dill, and Dill’s imagination: "Thus we came to know Dill as...

Arthur Radley (Boo)

Boo the Monster Boo first comes into the novel through the creative imagination of Jem, whose de...

Thomas Robinson

Before the Trial: Invisible Man Like Boo Radley, the character of Tom Robinson has an existence...

Mayella Violet Ewell

Among the trash and cast-offs in the Ewell yard, there’s one spot of beauty.“Against...

Robert E. Lee Ewell

Bob Ewell is the current head of a family that has been “the disgrace of Maycomb for three...

Alexandra Hancock

Aunt Alexandra is so different from her easy-going brothers Atticus and Jack that Scout wonders i...

Maudie Atkinson

Miss Maudie is part of the world where “fragrant ladies rocked slowly, fanned gently, and d...

Heck Tate

As sheriff of Maycomb County, Heck Tate’s official role is maintaining law and order. Throu...

Link Deas

While Mr. Deas at first seems on the side of order over truth (his telling Atticus that he has &#...

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

Boo may be the ghost of Scout’s neighborhood, but Mrs. Dubose is the dragon. Scout introduc...

Caroline Fisher

As an outsider to Maycomb (she comes from the strange and far-off land of northern Alabama), Miss...

John Hale Finch

Uncle Jack is the uncle of Jem and Scout, who always look forward to his visits. He’s a jok...

Grace Merriweather

A heavily religious woman and a closet drinker, Mrs. Grace Merriweather is “the most devout...

Reverend Sykes

As minister of First Purchase Church, Reverend Sykes is an authority figure in Maycomb’s Af...

Judge John Taylor

Scout calls Judge Taylor “a sleepy old shark” (16.105), and the description suits him...

Dolphus Raymond

Mr. Raymond is a borderline figure who confuses Maycomb’s neat social and racial categories...

Braxton Bragg Underwood

Mr. Underwood shares his name with a famous typewriter brand – appropriate, since he runs M...

Walter Cunningham Sr.

Mr. Cunningham is the father of Walter Cunningham, Scout’s classmate. He’s also a cli...

Walter Cunningham Jr.

Walter is almost as old as Jem but is in Scout’s class at school. On the first day of first...

Helen Robinson

As Tom’s wife, Helen suffers from the persecution of her husband. After his arrest, she has...

Miss Stephanie Crawford

As the town busybody, Miss Stephanie makes it her business to spread gossip, the meaner the bette...

Horace Gilmer

Assigned the prosecution of the Tom Robinson case, Mr. Gilmer faces off against Atticus in court....

Lula

Lula appears only once in the novel, but even though brief her presence is memorable. When Calpur...

Nathan Radley

Boo’s brother, Mr. Nathan takes the place of their father when he dies. Whether he’s...