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CHAPTER 20

Characters and Characteristics

Atticus Finch

Scout

Characters in chapter 20

Mr. Dolphus Raymond

Dill

ATTICUS FINCH

Proper (pg 206,line 20-21) He unhitched his watch and chain and placed them on the table, saying, With the courts permission- Rational (pg 207, line 1-5) Gentlemen, he was saying I shall be brief, but This case is as simple as black and white. Confident (pg 207, line 10) The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is.

Witty

(pg 209, line 1-4) The most ridiculous example I can think of is that the people who run public education promote the stupid and idle along the industriousbecause all men are created equal, educators will gravely tell you, the children left behind suffer terrible feelings of interiority. Brave (pg 209, line 17) Im no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system.

MR. DOLPHUS RAYMOND


Friendly

(pg 203, line 1) Come on round here, son, I got something thatll settle your stomach. Pleasant (pg204, line 9-10) Yes maam. Mr. Raymond nodded. I liked his smell: it was of leather, horses, cottonseed. He wore the only English riding boots I had ever seen.

Strict

(pg 204, line 26-27) secretly, Miss Finch, Im not much drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because thats the way I want to live.

SCOUT
Cautious

(pg 204, line 4) Dill, you watch out, now, I warned. Polite (pg 205, line 12-13) Then you just pretend youre half-? I beg your pardon, sir, I caught myself. I didnt mean to be Curiosity (pg 205, line 3-4) But why had he entrusted us with his deepest secret? I asked him why.

DILL
Positive

(pg 204, line 5) Dill released the straws and grinned. Scout, its nothing but Coca-Cola. Considerate (pg 205, line 12-14) Cry about the simple hell people give other people- without thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that theyre people, too.

Thankful

(pg 205, line 26 27) Yeah. Glad tve metcha, Mr. Raymond, and thanks for the drink, it was mighty settlin .

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