To Kill a Mockingbird Characters - Chapters 1-11

Uncle Jack Finch

Atticus's Brother; a doctor from Nashville

Cecil Jacobs

Scout's classmate; lives on the corner by the post office; Scout would have fought him, but she promised Atticus she wouldn't.

Little Chuck Little

small 1st grader who scared Burris Ewell b/c he had a knife in his pocket

Burris Ewell

Cootie boy who cussed at Miss Caroline on the first day of first grade; the filthiest boy Scout had ever seen

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

Morphine addicted, racist old lady who was the "bravest person" Atticus ever knew

Jean Louise Finch

Scout's full name

Atticus Finch

a lawyer appointed to represent Tom Robinson in a rape trial

Judge Taylor

pointed at Atticus and said, "You're it." when appointing him to represent Tom Robinson

Walter Cunningham

a first grader who didn't have any lunch money on the first day of first grade and who poured molasses all over his food at the Finch house

Aunt Alexandra Hancock

Atticus's and Jack's sister who lives at Finch's Landing; Francis's grandmother; disapproves of Scout's attire

Miss Rachel

Dill's aunt with whom he spends each summer

Miss Caroline

Scout's first grade teacher

Nathan Radley

Arthur "Boo" Radley's brother; puts cement in the knothole of the tree

Arthur Radley

Boo's real name; Boo is a recluse

Miss Stephanie

a neighborhood gossip; Maudie stays with her after the fire; she wants Maudie's lane cake recipe

Tim Johnson

a rabid dog shot by Atticus; symbolizes racism in Maycomb

Jeremy Atticus Finch

the narrator's brother; four years older than she is; went up and slapped the Radley house

Miss Maudie Atkinson

her house burned; she explained why it was a sin to kill a mockingbird

Simon Finch

an ancestor who immigrated from England and established a settlement at Finch's landing

Absolute morphodite

the funny thing that Scout called the snowman when she misunderstood what Atticus and Miss Maudie said about it

Tom Robinson

the man on trial; accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell; represented by Atticus

Calpurnia

the Finch's housekeeper and cook; a mother figure to the kids

Francis Hancock

Scout's and Jem's horrible cousin; Aunt Alexandra's grandson; Scout beat him up for saying something ugly about Atticus; he learned racism from adults

Rose Aylmer

Uncle Jack's fat cat who eats all of the leftover fingers and ears at the hospital

Heck Tate

Maycomb's sheriff; told Atticus to "take him" (shooting the mad dog)

Charles Baker Harris

Dill's full name; stays with his Aunt Rachel every summer

Ol' One Shot

Atticus Finch's Nickname

Zeebo

picked up Tim Johnson in the garbage truck

Maycomb, Alabama 1930s

The setting of the novel

Mockingbird

symbol of innocence

knothole

where Bool left gifts for Scout and Jem