Characters Flashcards
AUNT ALEXANDRA
“Jean Louise” formal, belittling
“Cold and there” cruel, stubborn, narrow minded, prescriptive
“He-is-trash” (Walter Cunningham)
“Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia… Jean Louise, stop scratching your head”
CALPURNIA
“You stay in the house” protects j&s
“She ran to the front porch”
“faithful member of the family”
“Doesn’t matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny”
ATTICUS
“This case… Is something that goes to the essence of a man’s conscience”
“try fighting with your head for a change”
“I couldn’t hold my head up in town.. I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again”
“every lawyer has at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This is mine, I guess”
“He played with us, read to is and treated us with courteous detachment”
“Good evening mrs Dubose! You look like a picture this evening”
“A mob’s always made of people, no matter what”
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”
JEM
“Don’t do that Scout, set him back on the steps” (insect)
“he had been crying”
“I’m not sordid about Jem keeping his head, but Scout”
“Mister Jem, don’t you know any better’n to take your little sister to trial?”
“Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong”
BOO RADLEY
“I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket”
Violent - attacked father with scissors
Malevolent phantom - goes out at night
Assertive - saves Jem and scout
Kind - leaves presents
Damaged - abuse
