Scout - Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own qualities and in her social position. She is unusually intelligent (she learns to read before beginning school), unusually confident (she fights boys without fear), unusually thoughtful (she worries about the essential goodness and evil of mankind), and unusually good (she always acts with the best intentions). In terms of her social identity, she is unusual for being a tomboy in the prim and proper Southern world of Maycomb.
Atticus - As one of the most prominent citizens in Maycomb during the Great Depression, Atticus is relatively well off in a time of widespread poverty. Because of his penetrating intelligence, calm wisdom, and exemplary behavior, Atticus is respected by everyone, including the very poor. He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb, a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble.
Jem - Scout's brother, still in the midst of growing up, meaning in his puberty. His disappointment upon seeing that justice does not always prevail leaves him vulnerable and confused at a critical, decisive point in his life. Nevertheless, he worthily upholds the commitment to justice that Atticus taught him about all his life and maintains it with deep conviction throughout the novel.
PLOT:.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story unfolds through the eyes of six year old girl named Scout. The story takes place in the small southern town of Maycomb, Alabama during the early 20th century, where prejudice was at its peak. Just like many people, Scout has an older sibling and sometimes, as a younger sibling would observe their older sibling eventually develop into an adult, she does too. One notice that their attitudes change. You also see how they lose a quality that all babies and young children have: innocence. Most likely the older sibling will be looked up to by their younger siblings, as their role older and more responsibility will be put upon them.
