To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb Alabama. The characters
in this book are; Jean Louise Finch also known as Scout who is the narrator of the book
she is between the ages of six and eight in the book. She is a tomboy and loves to play
with her brother Jeremy Finch who is also known as Jem. Jem is between the ages of ten
and thirteen during the book. Another character is Dill he is a boy who comes to
Maycomb county every summer to visit his Aunt, Miss Rachel but always ends up staying
Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout. He is a lawyer who defends
a Negro throughout most of the book. He is a man who is very optimistic and tries to
deal with everyone with equal fairness. Atticus's wife died when Scout was still a baby.
Calpurnia is the Finch's cook and housekeeper. Jem and Scout treat her as if she was
their mother. Atticus's sister Alexandria comes into play about the middle of the book to
help Atticus raise the kids beacuse she doesn't think he is raising them properly. She is
strict and believes that Scout needs to start acting like a lady and not so much like a
tomboy. Mr. Heck Tate is the county's trustworthy sheriff who is always been good to
everyone in the family. Boo Radley is Jem and Scout's neighbor. He is a mystery to
them because no one has ever seen him come out of his house. Jem Scout and Dill try to
get him to come out all the time but they always fail..
Tom Robinson is a black man that Atticus was a lawyer for and who was
allegedly accused of raping Bob Ewells daughter Mayella Ewell. During this time there
were contradictions between blacks and whites a Tom Robinson lost the case and was
placed in prison, he tried to escape prison but he was unlucky and ended up getting shot
In the setting of this book the time was in the 1930's and the place was in
a small southern town in Maycomb County. In the 1930&...