Purpose
We want a complete list of characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by the time we finish reading the novel.
Instructions
Once a week, post the name of a new character that you have encountered in the novel.
- Rules about posting
- Posts must be made by 9 PM on Fridays
- late posts will be removed and you will not receive your vocabulary homework credit for the week :(
- You can only post 1 character per week
- you can't post 8 characters one week and get credit for 8 weeks of posts
- You can start posting for new week on Saturdays
- When you make a posting, you need to include:
- the character's name
- the page on which you first encountered this character
- an brief explanation of the character and your judgment as it if this is a major or minor character
- your name and the week for which you are posting this character
Character List
Name |
Page # |
Explanation | Major or Minor Character |
Submitted by |
Jem |
3+ |
The narrator's brother; this book explains how Jem's arm got broken. He is a major character. |
Laurie wk1
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Atticus
|
3+
|
Scout and Jem's father, a lawyer in Maycomb decnded from an old local family. |
Haochen wk3 |
"Boo" Radly |
5+ |
A recluse who never sets a foot outside the house. He is one of the "mockingbirds" in the book, a good person injured by evil of mankind. |
Haochen
wk4
|
Dill |
4+ |
Scout and Jem's summer neighbour and friend. He is a diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination. |
Haochen
wk5
|
Tom Robinson |
20+ |
The black field hand accused of rape. Tom is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds,” an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil. |
Haochen
wk6
|
Calpurnia |
10+ |
The Finches’ black cook. Calpurnia is a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community. |
Haochen
wk7
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