To Kill a Mockingbird

Jean Louise "Scout" Finch

1. What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.

She is short and skinny, and is always in "action" she does not stay still.

2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.

I imagened her to have dark blondish chin length hair that is parted down the middle. I saw her as having hazel eyes and a few freckles.

3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.

She wears boys clothes(overalls and button down shirts) she never wears dresses because she is always playing outside and climbing trees with her brother Jem and friend Dill, and wearing dresses would be inconvenient.

4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.

She is very smart, and learned to read before she was even in school. She is also confident, and thoughtful. She is allways wondering why things are the way they are, or the reasons behind peoples actions.

5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.

She is the Daughter of Atticus finch, who is the towns layer, and the younger sister of Jem Finch and a friend to Dill. She is far to young to have a real job.


6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?

Scout believes that all people in her community and in general are inherently good. She does not believe in the stereotypical gender roles.

7. What do others in the book say about the character?

Her father and friends all care for her, but find her a but hard to deal with at times.

8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?

The story takes place in the south during the great depression which is an important time in history, the book also deals with the prejudices that were going on back then.

9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?

Her nick name "Scout" might come from the fact that she is always out on adventures and playing imagining games. Also her last name "Finch" has to do with the title because a finch is a kind of bird.

10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?

She gets a better idea of what the world is like; that there is evil and prejudice, and not just good. But she also learns that there is still a lot of good in the world despite that.




Jeremy "Jem" Finch

1. What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.

I imagined him to have short light brown hair.

2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.

his arm was broken at one point so one of his arms is slightly longer than the other.

3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her

Like Scout, he wears overalls most of the time.

4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.

He is very confident, and also a loyal companion to Scout.

5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.

Jem is still a in school throughout the book so his job is going to school.
He also spends his time climbing trees and playing

6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?

Scout believes that all people in her community, and in general are inherently good. She does not believe in the stereotypical gender roles.


8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?

I do not know what Jem himself represents, but like Scout and Atticus he is living in turbulent times; in the middle of the great depression,and when racism was common.

10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?

He realizes that there are very bad people in the world that do unimaginable things, but good people are still very common, and balance out the bad.




Atticus Finch

1. What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.

Tall, average weight, stands up straight.

2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.

Dark hair, balding slightly, wears busyness clothes, wears glasses.

3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.

He always carries a pocketwatch.

4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.


He is calm, and speaks firmly and patiently and persuasive. He is very intelligent and wise as well. He also has a dry sense of humor.

5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
He works as a lawyer, and he spends time with Scout and Jem (his kids) and cook Calpurnia.

6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?

He is one of the few citizens in the town of Maycomb who believes in racial equality, and he defended a black man in court despite what people thought about it.

7. What do others in the book say about the character?

Scout and Jem do not like the fact that Atticus does not go fishing or play catch with them like regular fathers.But they both care for and respect him very much.

8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?

He is related to prejudice that went on in the south during those times. Not long after that the civil rights movement began, and in the book Atticus is a strong believer in equal rights between races so he relates to that as well.

9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?