1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 1-5

2. Introduction of Characters
Chapter 1
Introduction of Characters

3. Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
Jean Louise Finch
aka Scout
Narrates the story
Age 6
Tomboy
Defensive
Strong love of family
Reacts before thinking things out

4. Jeremy Atticus (Jem) Finch
Scout’s older brother
He is four years older
He gets irritated with Scout at times
Scout is his “partner-in- crime”
Likes the fact that Scout is not “girly”
Is sensitive to prejudice
Prejudice-preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

5. Atticus Finch Scout and Jem’s father He is a lawyer
Comes from Finches Landing
He is a widower
He tries to raise his children without prejudice in a town that is extremely prejudiced

6. Calpurnia The Finches Housekeeper African-American
Acts as a mother figure to the children
Lives a dual life
Exists in both the white and colored worlds

7. Charles Baker (Dill) Harris
Nephew of Miss Rachel Haverford
Finches neighbor
Comes to stay with his aunt in the summer
From Meridian, Mississippi
Imaginative
Abandoned child
Mother sends him from relative to relative

8. Arthur (Boo) Radley
Mysterious man who lives in the dilapitated house at the end of the street
Has not been seen in almost 30 years
Rumors abound about him

9. Scout’s First Day of School
Chapter 2
Scout’s First Day of School

10. The First Day
Scout has been looking forward to the first day of school all summer
Scout is smarter than the average first grader
She can read on an advanced level
Knows how to write in cursive

11. Miss Caroline Fisher New First Grade Teacher From northern Alabama
Unaware caste system
Has a set way of teaching
Scout does not fit into her “box”
Punishes Scout for being “smart”
Scout has to relate why Walter Cunningham can’t take Miss Caroline’s quarter

12. Lunchtime
Miss Caroline asks students to get out lunch or raise hands if they were going home
Walter Cunningham does neither
Miss Caroline offers him a quarter to buy lunch
He can’t accept it
Won’t tell her why
Scout has to relate why Walter Cunningham can’t take Miss Caroline’s quarter
She gets into trouble

13. At Lunch and After School
Chapter 3
At Lunch and After School

14. Lunchtime Scout fights Walter Cunningham on the playground
He made her get in trouble with the teacher
Jem invites Walter to lunch
Adds insult to injury for Scout
Scout insults Walter and is punished by Calpurnia

15. Burris Ewell The Ewell children only come to school on the first day
This is Burris Ewell’s third time for the first day of first grade
He is filthy and has lice
He is told to go home and wash his hair with keorsine
He almost gets into a fight with Little Chuck Little
He insults the teacher

16. Reaching a Compromise Scout does not want to go back to school
She is upset because she can’t read at home anymore
Atticus and Scout reach a compromise
They will read at home and not tell the teacher

17. Walking in Someone Else’s Skin
Atticus believes that the key to understanding the situation, a person must put himself in the other person’s place
He must stand in the other persons’ skin and walk around in it
Makes Scout look at the situation from Miss Caroline’s perspective

18. The Tree and the Radley Game
Chapter 4
The Tree and the Radley Game

19. The Knot Hole in the Tree
Scout finds two sticks of gum in the tree
She chews the gum
Jem finds two Indian head pennies
He keeps the pennies
They believe that it might be some kid’s hiding place

20. Summer Fun Dill comes for the summer They invent the Radley Game
Act out scenes from Boo Radley’s life
Roll in the tire
Their goal for the summer is to get Boo Radley to come out and meet them

21. Miss Maudie and a Note for Boo
Chapter 5
Miss Maudie and a Note for Boo

22. Miss Maudie Atkinson Neighbor of the Finches Lives across the street
Does not gossip
Is a female version of Atticus
Kids go to her for advice
She is a mother figure to Jem, Scout, and Dill

23. A Note for Boo
Jem and Dill decide to put a note on the shutter of the Radley House
Note is asking Boo to come out
Dill and Scout act as lookouts
Atticus catches them
Tells them to leave the Radleys alone