1. The People of Maycomb

2. Finch Family Scout Jem Atticus Aunt Alexandra narrator (flashback)
real name: Jean Louise
youngest of 2 children
Jem
real name: Jeremy
Scout’s older brother
Atticus
Scout & Jem’s father
lawyer for Tom Robinson
widow
Aunt Alexandra
Atticus’ sister

3. Friends Dill Walter Cunningham Calpurnia Heck Tate
real name: Charles Baker Harris
stays in Maycomb each summer
friend of Scout & Jem
Walter Cunningham
a poor farmer’s child
friend of Scout
Calpurnia
also known as Cal
African American
housekeeper and caretaker for the Finch family
Heck Tate
sheriff of Maycomb

4. Neighbors Miss. Rachel Miss. Stephanie Crawford Miss. Maudie Atkinson
Dill’s aunt
keeps Dill each summer
Miss. Stephanie Crawford
town gossip
Miss. Maudie Atkinson
loves to garden
good friend to the Finch family
Mrs. Dubose
elderly
ill
cranky

5. Neighbors Boo Radley Nathan Radley real name: Arthur
mysterious; does not fit into societal norms
the topic of gossip and of the children’s play
a reclusive adult
Nathan Radley
Boo’s brother
lives with Boo since their parents died

6. Members of the Trial Tom Robinson Mayella Ewell Bob Ewell
African American
hardworking young man with a wife and children
on trial for the charge of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman
Mayella Ewell
Caucasian
very poor; “white trash”
accused Tom Robinson of raping her at her home
Bob Ewell
father of Mayella