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To Kill a Mockingbird
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English
9th Grade
03/02/2015

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Arthur "Boo" Radley
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mysterious neighbor, who leaves little treasures in knothole of a tree
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Aunt Alexandra
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comes to live with Atticus & his children so that she can provide Jem & Scout with a proper feminine influence
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Bob Ewell
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attacks the children, spits in the face of Atticus
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Buris Ewell
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attends school because the truant officer forces him
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Cal (Calpurnia)
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the cook
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Caroline Fisher
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first grade teacher who lacks proper understanding of her pupils
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Dill (Charles Baker Harris)
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Scout's friend who lives in Mississippi but comes every summer to Maycomb
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Dolphus Raymond
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pretends to be drunk, lives with a black woman, a white man who prefers to live with negroes
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Francis
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Scout & Jem's cousin, Aunt Alexandra's grandson
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Heck Tate
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is a wise & tolerant sheriff, who is also a good friend of the Finches
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Jem Finch
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Scout's older brother
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Judge John Taylor
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presiding judge at the trail
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Mayella Ewell
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she was allegedly raped
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Miss Gates
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3rd grade teacher, hates Hitler's persecution but does not hate the persecution of Negroes
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Miss Maudie
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open-minded neighbor friendly to the children
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Miss Rachel
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Dill's aunt who lives next door to the Finches
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Mr. Gilmer
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the prosecuting attorney at the trial
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Mr. B. B. Underwood
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owner of the town's newspaper
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Mrs. Dubose
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old lady who yells at the children, and is addicted to morphine
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Reverend Sykes
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a Negro minister who takes care of Scout & Jem during the trial
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Scout (Jean Louise Finch)
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Atticus' daughter & narrator
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Miss Stephanie Crawford
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gossipy neighbor
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Tom Robinson
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the defendant on trial for rape
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Walter Cunningham, Sr.
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farmer/father who won't take charity
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Mr. Link Deas
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Tom Robinson's boss
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Mrs. Merriweather
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a local lady who writes the Halloween pageant
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Uncle Jack Finch
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the bachelor uncle who visits every Christmas
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