Characters
| Name |
Relationship (respect to main character) |
| Atticus | father |
| Jem | brother |
| Scout | main character |
| Calpurnia | their cook |
| Dill | his aunt is Miss Rachel |
| Mr.Radley | Boo and Mr. Nathan Radley are his two sons |
| Miss Caroline | Scout’s first grade teacher |
| Burris | He's a truant |
| Eula May | Maycomb's leading telephone operator |
| Jack Finch | Scout and Jem’s uncle |
| Francis | Aunt Alexandra’s kid |
| Tim Johnson | liver-colored bird dog & the pet of Maycomb |
| Mrs. Dubose | an old and sick women who is addicted to morphine |
In the Courtroom
| Name |
Role |
About |
| Judge Talyor | judge | in charge of Tom Robinson's case |
| Bert | reporter | court’s reporter |
| Tom Robinson | defendant | He has three sons with Helen |
| Mayella Ewell | victim | She was beaten up by someone |
| Mr. Robert Ewell | accuser | father of Mayella Ewell |
| Mr. Gilmer | solicitor | whose witness is Mr. Ewell |
| Mr. Heck Tate | witness | witness |
| Mr. Link Deas | audience | Tom works for his field |
📖Quote
- It drew him as the moon draws water (Part One)
- You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it
- no matter how bitter things get, they’re still our friends.
- we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win
🔖Idiom
- count one’s chickens (before they hatch) : to mean that someone should not depend on
something hoped for until he or she knows for certain that it will happen
- frog-sticking without a light : when someone dealing with sth. without sufficient equipment
with it
Allusion
| Phrase |
meaning |
Allusion |
| Let this cup pass from you |
is a biblical allusion to the sacrifice of Jesus |
This indicates that by taking Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus will be making a sacrifice in
order to do what is morally right. |
Vocabulary
- mortification : 難堪、丟臉
- consession : （常指為結束爭端而作出的）讓步
- bargain : 協議
- fishy : 可疑的
- lick : （在競賽、爭鬥等中）輕易打敗
- evasion：藉口
- rigid : 僵硬的
- resent : 感到憤恨
- druthers : 按(某人)的意願
- fit : expression of great anger
- perplexed : 困惑
- contemptuous : 輕蔑的
- affected : 做作的
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Plot
Part One
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it
through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
If you know that you’ll fail, but you insist on standing up for what you believe in, or
fighting
for what is important to you, then you’re showing real courage.