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Another neighbor of the Finches and childhood acquaintance of Atticus. Whenever Scout has no one to talk to, she usually talks with Maudie. She also loves baking Lane cakes. She explains that "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird."

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Another neighbor of the Finches and childhood acquaintance of Atticus. Whenever Scout has no one to talk to, she usually talks with Maudie. She also loves baking Lane cakes. She explains that "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." \n



* TitleDrop: "It is a sin to ''kill a mockingbird.''


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* TitleDrop: "It is a sin to ''kill ''to kill a mockingbird.''

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Another neighbor of the Finches and childhood acquaintance of Atticus.

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Another neighbor of the Finches and childhood acquaintance of Atticus.
Atticus. Whenever Scout has no one to talk to, she usually talks with Maudie. She also loves baking Lane cakes. She explains that "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird."




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* GreyEyes
* TitleDrop: "It is a sin to ''kill a mockingbird.''

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* [[spoiler: DarkIsNotEvil]]

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* LowerClassLout
* ThePigPen



* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted big time; he's a fairly big guy, but has a gentle soul.

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* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted big time; he's a fairly big intimidating guy, but has a gentle soul.



* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]

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* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]][[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]

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* NiceGuy: A compassionate true gentleman and a kind-hearted father.
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* MissingMom

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* MissingMom MissingMom: Her mother died when she was two. Jem remembers her but Scout doesn't.
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An attorney, and father of Scout. Known for his skill with a rifle. He defends a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of rape, and is referred to by his children by his first name, rather than "Dad" or "father".

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An attorney, and father of Scout.Scout and Jem. Known for his skill with a rifle. He defends a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of rape, and is referred to by his children by his first name, rather than "Dad" or "father".

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What the crap, The Woobie is a subjective trope.


* {{Woobie}}: It's implied that he's still traumatised by his mother's death.

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* {{Woobie}}: It's implied that he's still traumatised by his mother's death.



* TheWoobie

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* TheWoobie



* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* {{Woobie}}

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* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* {{Woobie}}
[[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
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* KickTheDog: Harassing Tom Robinson and even after his conviction and execution, stalks and harasses his widow as well.

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* KickTheDog: Harassing Tom Robinson and even after his conviction and execution, death, stalks and harasses his widow as well.
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* ASinisterClue

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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: One way of perceiving [[spoiler:his death.]]


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* [[spoiler:SuicideByCop]]: One way of perceiving [[spoiler:his death.]]
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unless I missed something huge his racism was of the mundane variety


* DirtyCoward
* FantasticRacism

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* DirtyCoward
* FantasticRacism
DirtyCoward: He won't confront the best marksman in town but he will [[spoiler:try to kill his children while they're walking home in the dark]].
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* FantasticRacism

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* CompleteMonster



* AssholeVictim: Debatably - she's from a pretty messed up family and isn't a nice person at all, but it's possible she's only like this ''because'' of [[CompleteMonster her father]].

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* AssholeVictim: Debatably - she's from a pretty messed up family and isn't a nice person at all, but it's possible she's only like this ''because'' of [[CompleteMonster her father]].father.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow



* FantasticRacism: The cause of his persecution.
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* FriendlessBackground: She is too busy trying to control/care for her many siblings and tryng (but failing) to keep their home clean that she has no friends. Part of the reason as to why she came onto Tom, as he was the only person who did not treat her badly because she was "trash", and was friendly to her.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yet when they're attacked at the end of the book, he does everything possible to protect her. Which isn't much, given how young he is, but he still screams at her to run and tries to pull her to safety.



* AbusiveParents: Sexually abuses Mayella.

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* AbusiveParents: Sexually Physically abuses Mayella.Mayella and it's strongly implied that he sexually abuses her as well.



* KickTheDog: Harassing Tom Robinson.

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* KickTheDog: Harassing Tom Robinson.Robinson and even after his conviction and execution, stalks and harasses his widow as well.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the movie after attempting to get close to Boo Ridely's house and knocking on his door. He, Jem and Scout make a break for it and hide around a nearby house. Dill quickly tells the two "see ya next summer" and takes off.

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* ProBonoBarter
* SimpleCountryLawyer: Subverted. Atticus is a well-educated man who abhors the opinions of his neighbors.


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* DecoyProtagonist
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* HotDad: The casting of GregoryPeck in the film.

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* HotDad: The casting of GregoryPeck in the film.film elevated him to this.
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** BadassBookworm
** BadassPacifist
** RetiredBadass


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* CrusadingLawyer


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* HotDad: The casting of GregoryPeck in the film.


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* MissingMom


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* MissingMom


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* KindlyHousekeeper


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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}


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* DisappearedDad


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* GoodAllAlong


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* {{Hikikomori}}


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* MadmanInTheAttic
* MissingMom


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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood


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* CoolOldLady


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* CorruptHick


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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer


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* MissingMom

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* BoyishShortHair: In the movie (her hair length is not mentioned in the book, only that she has bangs).



* {{Tomboy}}: By 1930's standards, anyway.

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* {{Tomboy}}: By 1930's standards, anyway. She doesn't like dresses, she plays with boys, and considers "you act like a girl" an insult.
* TomboyishName: Prefers being called Scout.



!!"Dill"

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!!"Dill"
!!Charles Baker "Dill" Harris



* {{Expy}}: For Harper Lee's friend, Truman Capote who is alleged to have written most of the book although he denied this.

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* {{Expy}}: For Harper Lee's friend, Truman Capote who is alleged to have written most of the book although he denied this.Capote.

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* DoesNotLikeGuns: Despite his skill, he will only use a gun when absolutely necessary. His kids don't even know that he's capable of wielding a gun until he has to put down a rabid dog.



* HeroicAlbino: Possibly - he could just e pale from lack of exposure to sunlight.

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* HeroicAlbino: Possibly - he could just e be pale from lack of exposure to sunlight.



* KickTheDog: Harrassing Tom RobinsonMoralEventHorizon

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* KickTheDog: Harrassing Harassing Tom RobinsonMoralEventHorizonRobinson.

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* KnightInSourArmour: Takes a dim view of the trial put stays at it anyway.

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* TheHero[=/=]{{Deuteragonist}}: Though the book is from Scout's 1st-person perspective, he's probably the real main character.
* KnightInSourArmour: Takes a dim view of the trial put but stays at it anyway.



* CharacterDevelopment: The book is a coming-of-age story for her

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* CharacterDevelopment: The book is a coming-of-age story for herher.
* TheIshmael: Moreso in the movie, which focuses less on her and more on Atticus.
** Mind you, [[TropesAreNotBad this was probably the best way to do it]].

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* AuthorAvatar: She's just like Harper Lee was as a little girl.
* CharacterDevelopment: The book is a coming-of-age story for her
* PluckyGirl



* {{Tomboy}}: By 1930's standards, anyway.



* BigBrotherBully: He acts like this towards Scout pretty often.



* {{Jerkass}}: He acts like this towards Scout pretty often.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He acts like this towards Scout pretty often.JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ScarsAreForever: Not "scar" as such, but the very first sentences of the book describe how Jem's arm was broken close to the elbow, which made it noticably shorter than it should be from then on. [[spoiler:It happens in the climax of the book.]]



* TheGhost: Initially until the final part of the book.
* HeroicAlbino: Possibly - he could just e pale from lack of exposure to sunlight.




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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Former TropeNamer.
* OneSceneWonder
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Kills Bob Ewell when he tries to murder Atticus' children.]]



* BigBad: Or as close as you can get in the book - his actions set the plot into motion and heavily impact the main characters.



* {{Jerkass}}
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* KickTheDog: Harrassing Tom RobinsonMoralEventHorizon



* WouldHurtAChild

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* WouldHurtAChild
[[spoiler:WouldHurtAChild]]



* AssholeVictim

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* AssholeVictimAssholeVictim: Debatably - she's from a pretty messed up family and isn't a nice person at all, but it's possible she's only like this ''because'' of [[CompleteMonster her father]].
* BrokenBird



* DrivenToSuicide: One way of perceiving his death.

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: One way of perceiving his [[spoiler:his death.]]


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* NiceGuy: He was one of the only people who treated Mayella with kindness, and pitied her even as she ruined his life.
* RedRightHand: Subverted; it's actually a plot point that his left hand is damaged beyond repair.
* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted big time; he's a fairly big guy, but has a gentle soul.
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
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* InsufferablyGenius

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* InsufferablyGeniusInsufferableGenius

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!!"Dill"

An intelligent and imaginative boy whom Jem and Scout befriend. His carefree attitude hides his inner pain over his parents divorce and his mother's alcoholism.

* AmbiguouslyGay
* BrilliantButLazy
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: The most cynical character in the story by far.
* {{Expy}}: For Harper Lee's friend, Truman Capote who is alleged to have written most of the book although he denied this.
* InsufferablyGenius
* LargeHam: Is said to act this way when he plays villains in Jem and Scout's games.
* TheWoobie



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Everyone thinks that he's some kind of monster but he turns out to just be a socially challenged young man and saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell.


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* DrivenToSuicide: One way of perceiving his death.
* FantasticRacism: The cause of his persecution.

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* SesquipedallianLoquaciousness: How she narrates the story.

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* SesquipedallianLoquaciousness: SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: How she narrates the story.



* AbusiveFather

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* AbusiveFatherAbusiveParents: Sexually abuses Mayella.



* KarmicRetribution
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* {{Badass}}
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* KnightInSourArmour: Takes a dim view of the trial put stays at it anyway.
* PapaWolf



* SesquipedallianLoquaciousness: How she narrates the story.
* WideEyedIdealist



* DisproportionateRetribution: Being forced to read to the repulsive old lady who insulted his mother while she goes into withdrawal from morphine because he cut up her flowers.
* {{Jerkass}}: He acts like this towards Scout pretty often.
* {{Woobie}}: It's implied that he's still traumatised by his mother's death.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MamaBear



* BigDamnHeroes
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Everyone thinks that he's some kind of monster but he turns out to just be a socially challenged young man and saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell.
* TheDreaded
* HollywoodPersonalityDisorders: Schizoid Personality Disorder in his case.



* AbusiveFather
* CompleteMonster
* DirtyCoward
* KarmicRetribution
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* StupidEvil
* VileVillainSaccharineShow
* WouldHurtAChild



* AssholeVictim
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds



Black man accused of raping and assaulting Mayella Ewell. His left arm is crippled, which becomes a vital point in his trial. Despite Atticus's efforts, he is found guilty and imprisoned. [[spoiler: While in prison, he attempts to escape and is shot and killed by guards.]]

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Black man accused of raping and assaulting Mayella Ewell. His left arm is crippled, which becomes a vital point in his trial. Despite Atticus's efforts, he is found guilty and imprisoned. [[spoiler: While in prison, he attempts to escape and is shot and killed by guards.]]]]

* {{Woobie}}
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Just what I could do during a free period at school. Feel free to improve.

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!!Atticus Finch
An attorney, and father of Scout. Known for his skill with a rifle. He defends a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of rape, and is referred to by his children by his first name, rather than "Dad" or "father".

!!Jean Louise "Scout" Finch

The narrator and protagonist of the novel.

!!Jeremy "Jem" Finch

Scout's older brother.

!!Calpurnia "Cal"

Housekeeper of the Finch family and strict mother figure to Scout and Jem. Despite being black, she is able to read and write, and is the one who taught Scout to read and write.

!!Arthur "Boo" Radley

A quiet and reclusive young man and neighbor to the Finches. He is almost never let out of his house and is a mysterious figure to Maycomb, often leading to rumors of just who he is. [[spoiler: Saves the lives of Scout and Jem after they are almost killed by Bob Ewell, whom he kills to protect them.]]

!!Maude "Maudie" Atkinson

Another neighbor of the Finches and childhood acquaintance of Atticus.

!!Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell

Main antagonist of the novel. Accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter Mayella and successfully lands him in jail. [[spoiler:Attempts to murder Scout and Jem, only to be upheld and killed by Boo Radley.]]

!!Mayella Ewell

Accuser of being raped by Tom Robinson.

!!Tom Robinson

Black man accused of raping and assaulting Mayella Ewell. His left arm is crippled, which becomes a vital point in his trial. Despite Atticus's efforts, he is found guilty and imprisoned. [[spoiler: While in prison, he attempts to escape and is shot and killed by guards.]]

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