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To Kill a Mockingbird, Good Earth, Taming of the Shrew, etc.
31
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9th Grade
01/20/2013

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Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
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rambunctious young girl (tom-boy) in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Jeremy "Jem" Finch
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Scout's older brother and playmate in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Atticus Finch
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father of Jem and Scout and lawyer in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Arthur "Boo" Radley 
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kept to himself; young adult with the mind of a child; people start rumors about him; mysterious man in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Dill Harris
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young boy of Scout's age, also Jem and Scout's playmate and friend in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Tom Robinson
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black man accused of assault on a young white woman; defended by Atticus Finch in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Calpurnia
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black woman; the Finch's housekeeper, but accepted as part of the family in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Bob Ewell
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antagonist; father of Mayella; accuser of Tom Robinson in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Mayella Ewell
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daughter of Bob Ewell; supposed victim of Tom Robinson in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Miss. Maudie
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the Finch's neighbor and friend in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Mr. Nathan Radley
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Arthur Radley's father in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Aunt Alexandra
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sister of Atticus Finch; comes to stay with the Finches later in the book; tries to make Scout a proper lady in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Harper Lee
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author of "To Kill A Mockingbird"
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Wang Lung
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main character; Chinese farmer in "Good Earth"
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the grandfather
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father of Wang Lung in "Good Earth"
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O-lan
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Wang Lung's wife who he bought from the House of Hwang; serves him diligently until her death in "Good Earth"
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the uncle
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Wang Lung's uncle who he resents but must respect because he is elder in "Good Earth"
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Nung En
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Wang Lung's eldest son; scholar in "Good Earth"
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Nung Wen
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Wang Lung's second son; became a merchant in the rice market in "Good Earth"
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Third Son
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Wang Lung's third son who joined the revolutionary army in "Good Earth"
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"Poor Fool"
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Wang Lung's eldest daughter who never developed mentally in "Good Earth"
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Lotus
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she was a prostitute in a tea house; Wang Lung buys her as a second wife in "Good Earth"
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Cuckoo
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used to serve the Old Lord in the falling House of Hwang; later comes to the House of Wang as a servant to Lotus in "Good Earth"
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Pear Blossom
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brought to the House of Wang during famine as a young slave in "Good Earth"
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Ching
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Wang Lung's neighbor; becomes the trusted overseer of Wang's land in "Good Earth"
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Liu
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grain merchant providing work for Nung Wen, a wife for Nung En, and accepts Wang's youngest daughter as a wife for his son in "Good Earth"
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Old Lord Hwang and the Old Mistress Hwang
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once the head of the House of Hwang; their riches collapsed especially after they started selling land (most/all of which were perchased by Wang Lung); providers of O-lan to Wang in "Good Earth"
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Pearl S. Buck
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author of "Good Earth"
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Christopher Sly
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beggar/ main character in the Induction of "Taming of the Shrew" 
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Katherine Minola
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eldest daughter of Baptista; prone to speaking her mind; ill-tempered; must marry before her younger sister, Bianca; the "shrew" in "Taming of the Shrew"
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Bianca Minola
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sweet youngest daughter of Baptista; her suitors are Hortensio, Gremio, and Lucentio; they can't marry her until her older sister, Katherine marries in "Taming of the Shrew"
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