Zusammenfassung der Ressource
To Kill A Mockingbird
characters
- SCOUT
- She is the narrator of the novel
- tells the story of her
childhood giving her own
perspective on the Tom
Robinson trial
- she starts school for
the first time (chapter
2)
- discovers gifts hidden in the tree in chapter 4
- She finds Atticus outside the jail and helps
end a dangerous situation (chapter 15)
- She is present at Tom Robinson's trial (chapters 17-21)
- Scout performs in the halloween
pageant and is attacked on the way
home (chapters 28-29)
- Boo Radley saves her
- JEM
- Jem is Scouts older brother
- "He was difficult to live with, inconsistent,
moody" chapter 12
- "in all his life, Jem had never declined a
dare" chapter 1
- Cut off Mrs Dubose's camellias in chapter 11
- idealistic and thoughtful, unlike Scout
- Jen looks up to Atticus, he even wants to become a
lawyer like him
- "Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you
feel right when things went wrong" chapterr 28
- Harper-Lee implies that what has not been achieved by
Atticus, will be achieved by Jem in the future. reassuring
us there will be people like Atticus in the future.
- ATTICUS
- The single parent of Jem and Scout, is Maycomb's lawyer,
and defends a black man accused of rape.
- He teaches his children important lessons
such as seeing things in other people's points
of view (chapter 3 )
- He shoots a mad dog to protect the community in chapter 10
- sits outside jail to protect Tom Robinson in chapter 15
- Defends Tom Robinson - a black
man accused of raping a white
women (chapters 17-21)
- He agrees to keep quiet about the
incident with Bob Ewell (chapter 30)
- CALPURNIA
- Finch family cook
- gained Atticus's respect as a "faithful family
member" (chapter 14)
- she represents the bridge between the white
and black communities
- she takes Scout and Jem to the black
community church
- Atticus chooses Calpurnia to accompany
him when he has to tell Helen about Toms
death
- TOM ROBINSON
- crucial in developing the themes and
symbols of the novel
- married to Helen with three children
- polite and honourable
- happy to help Mayella for no payment
- Atticus proves Tom's innocence by
drawing attention to his weakened eft
arm
- However, as a symbol of the black
community, he is still found guilty
- Tom tries to escape from jail
and is shot in cold blood
- Atticus said: "I guess Tom was tired of white men's chances and decided to take his own" - Chapter 24