To Kill a Mockingbird

Chapter 9

Cecil Jacobs

•Announced Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers.•Keeps tormenting Scout at school

about her father.

Atticus• Told Scout to say Negro and not

“nigger”.• If he did not defend Tom Robinson

he could not:– Hold up his head in town– Represent the county in legislature– Could not tell Jem and Scout what is

wrong or right• The case affects Atticus personally.• He knows he will lose the case.

• Bought the children air rifles for Christmas

• Never had to give Scout a hiding.• Hopes Scout would stop her hot-

headedness• Atticus is upset about the abuse the

children will be taking the next few months.

• Hopes he can upset the jury a little bit with the trial and at least get reasons win an appeal later.

Scout

• Still tried to avoid school using sinking spells, dizziness and mild gastric complaints as excuses.

• Promised she would not fight Cecil Jacobs and feels proud.• Hated spending Christmas with Alexandra Hancock and grandchild Francis

Hancock at Finch’s Landing• Scout is swearing at home so Atticus would take her out of school.• Had to sit alone at children’s table for Christmas• Split her knuckle when she hit Francis.• Is upset that Uncle Jack hit her unfairly and explains everything to him later.

She begs him not to tell Atticus why she hit Francis.

Tom Robinson

•Member of Calpurnia’s church•Lives in settlement beyond town dump

John Taylor

•The Judge•Appointed Atticus as Tom Robinson’s lawyer.

Cousin Ike Finch

•Maycomb County’s sole surviving Confederate veteran.•He wore a General Hood type beard.

Alexandra (Finch) Hancock

• Atticus’ sister who lives at Finch Landing with husband Jimmy.• Has a son Henry who leaves his son, Francis

Hancock, at Finch’s Landing for Christmas.• She is a good cook.• Did not like Scout dressed in pants.

Francis Hancock

• Wants to cook like his grandmother.• Says Dill has no home and is passed around

from relative to relative.• Called Atticus a nigger lover.• Cried furiously after being hit by Scout.

Uncle Jack Finch

• Always kissed Atticus when they met.• He was shorter than Atticus, the youngest and

a doctor.• Has a cat named Rose Aylmer• Gave Scout a hiding for cursing and hitting

Francis.

Maycomb County people

•Reasonable people who go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up

• Running a still: distillery, making illegal alcohol• Missouri Compromise: an agreement passed in

1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories

Expressions

Stonewall Jackson: was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. LeeObstreperous: noisy and unruly