Atticus:
Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus Finch is the father of the two main characters Jem and Scout. Atticus had a wife, yet sadly died when Scout was two years old and when Jem was four years old. She died due to heart attack leaving Atticus without his spouse. He was the first ever lawyers to protect a black person. He was also a respected lawyer know thought Maycomb, who was assigned the case of Tom Robinson. He himself respected everyone which made him a friend to all. Atticus played a major in helping Jem and Scout Mature. It states on page 39, Atticus says " You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."He taught them to e be respectful and to not listen to what anyone said. He taught them innocence, law justice knowledge and the sin of Killing a mockingbird.
Tom Robinson was a guy in To kill a mockingbird who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Although he was clearly innocent but was found guilty. After he was found guilty he was put into prison and lost all he's hope into every coming out again. He was shot in prison saying that he was attempting to escape. He was a very trustworthy and helpful man who did work to please someone. He was a really good person who never really wanted to cause any trouble or harm. He also was a hard reliable farmer who worked for his family. He really didn't do anything wrong but was still found guilty. on page 264 it states " yes, suh. I felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest of em--" This means that Tom was a good kind hearted man and he felt sorry for Mayella even though he is a black man. And he did all that work for nothing not even one penny, but he was ok with it cause he was glad he could help Mayella.
Mayella is the daughter of Bob Ewell. She had to convince Tom Robinson of raping her, although the evidence given in the novel strongly proves otherwise. She acts helpless and as if everyone is trying to offend her or do something wrong to her. For example on page 243 Mayella states, " Won't answer a word you say long as you keep on mockin' me .¨ This shows that Mayella was not scared and didn't know what she was fully doing. Mayella had accused Tom of raped her and beating her. But it was actually her father. It was mayella who asked Tom to come over the fence and help her. Instead of giving he an actually job, she leaned up against him and tried to kiss him. Tom refused to kiss her back because he had a wife. The only reason why he decided to help her was because he felt sorry for her.
. Bob Ewell is the father of Mayella. After he found out that Atticus was protecting Tom Robinson he got angrier. Bob, who is usually drunk, had beaten his dauther but his dauter on tom so he father went and beat her more and maybe kill her. He also tried to kill scout and Jem on Holloween because Atticus had embarrassed him during the court case.Mr. Ewell wasn't quiet when he had a problem. He just said it because he didn't care who heard or what they would say about him. Bob wasn't trusting, nor a nice guy, it seemed throughout the novel, every time we see him he gets more spiteful.
Boo Radley is a mysterious character from through out the novel who is believed to be an evil phantom of a person by all of Maycomb's residents. As a child he was a good kid, but he hung around bad friends. One night, he was with his friends and they had been out drinking and acted disorderly after resisting arrest. All of Boo's friends went to get their normal punishments, such as jail time. Boo on the other hand was kept in his home by his father for years on end. Rumors were spread about him, people said he was alive, but nobody really knew. Boo had not been seen since the incident. Mr. Radley was the person who kept Boo inside the house. As stated on page 13, "Mr. Radley's boy was not seen again for 15 years." During his time within the wall of his home, Boo had apparently been cutting a newspaper or magazine and his father had been near him. Boo took the scissors and stabbed him in the thigh, then went right back to what he was doing. Throughout the novel, he sees Dill, Jem and Scout out the window. He helps them whether it be through indirect actions, or more direct events. One example of this is when Boo came out during the fire at Miss Maudie's house. When nobody was paying attention, he snuck out of the house and put a blanket on Scout without her noticing. This was one of the ways Boo went out of his way in order to help or entertain the children. He also put items inside the tree in front of his house for Jem and Scout to find. This was indicated by the two soap dolls of Jem and Scout. Boo also saved Jem and Scout's life towards the end of the book. This was the biggest thing that Boo had done for Jem and Scout.