| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Helen | daughter of Kate and Keller, blind and deaf |
| Annie | "miracle worker," sent to help Helen understand language, represents Yankees |
| Keller | doubts Annie throughout the book, in charge of household, constant battle with Annie throughout the book |
| Kate | eventually gives full control of Helen to Annie, allows her to stay |
| James | wants more attention from Keller, supports Annie's ways and decisions |
| Jimmie | Annie's dead brother, represents Annie's struggle with Helen throughout the book |
| Aunt Ev | talkative, wants more control of household |
| Percy | black servant, son of Viney, helps Helen through jealousy |
| Martha | playful, bossy with Percy, scared by Helen's behavior |
| Doctor | tries to assure Helen's parents that everything will be okay |
| Anagnos | Annie's counselor at Perkins, gives her assignment with Helen |
| Viney | Keller family servant, cooks the meals, loving with children |
| Battle of Vicksburg | represents differences between Annie and Keller, parallel to North v. South |
| suitcase | show Annie's stubbornness when she says firmly to Keller she can take care of it herself |
| key | symbolizes the trust that Keller and Kate have for Annie at the end |
| locked doors | shows that Helen needs to be "unlocked," a learning barrier |
| well | Helen throws key into it, shows that she is clever and intelligent |
| pity | theme of Helen's parents relationship with their daughter, they give her what she wants, Annie has to unteach her this |
| stubbornness | Annie's way of fighting to stay and be able to fully teach Helen |
| North vs. South | theme that represents Annie's ongoing battle with Keller throughout the book |
| enigmatic | mysterious and impossible to understand completely |
| inkling | when you think that something is true or likely to happen |
| inanimate | possessing none of the characteristics of life that an animal or plant has |
| averse | strongly disliking or opposed to |
| ionosphere | part of the Earth's atmosphere |
| stout | fat |
| equilibrium | a state of balance |
| armaments | weapons or military equipment |
| coddled | protected someone or something too much |
| despots | a person, especially a ruler, who has unlimited power over other people |
| mulled | thought carefully about something for a long time |
| demagogues | a person, especially a political leader, who wins support by exciting people's emotions rather than by having good ideas |
| bourgeois | belonging to or typical of the middle class |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or worry about a future event |
| disconsolately | sadly, disappointingly |
| perpetual | continuing forever in the same way |
| indulgent | enjoyable |
| discourse | a speech or piece of writing about a particular, usually serious, subject |
| meek | quiet, gentle, not willing to argue or state opinions in a forceful way |
| dubiously | feeling doubt or uncertainty |
| hullabaloo | a loud noise made by people who are angry or annoyed |
| brandished | concealed like a weapon |
| imprudent | unwise, failing to consider the likely results of your actions |
| jargon | special words and phrases which are used by particular groups of people |
| oblique | not direct |
| Scout | hangs out with her brother, Jem, very wise, independent and outspoken, influenced greatly by Atticus |
| Jean Louise Finch | Scout's full name |
| Jem | four years older than Scout, becomes frequently annoyed by her, protects her from Bob Ewell during attack |
| Atticus | Jem and Scout's father, never puts himself above others, lawyer, defends Tom Robinson in trial |
| Calpurnia | Finch's black servant, acts like a mother to Jem and Scout, takes them to black church |
| Dill | from Meridian, MS; Miss Rachel's nephew, small, comes to Maycomb in summer, interested in Boo Radley, wants to marry Scout |
| Charles Baker Harris | Dill's full name |
| Judge Taylor | judge for Robinson case, appointed Atticus to defense because he knew he would do the best job |
| Walter Cunningham, Sr. | Atticus' former client, pays with goods like hickory nuts and firewood |
| Walter Cunningham, Jr. | poor classmate of Scout, invited to dinner |
| Mrs. Farrow | one of the hypocritical members of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle |
| Reverend Sykes | minister of black church, welcomes Scout and Jem |
| Dolphus Raymond | acts like drunk with soda in paper bag |
| Miss Maudie | says that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, looks at the future brightly, Scout befriends her when Jem is moody |
| Tom Robinson | kind, black man convicted of rape, mockingbird |
| Miss Stephanie | gossip of Maycomb, tells children stories about Boo Radley |
| Miss Rachel | Dill's aunt, stays with her in summer, Finch's neighbor |
| Bob Ewell | disgrace of Maycomb, provides little support to children, threatens Atticus, killed by Boo Radley trying to attack Scout and Jem |
| Link Deas | local farmer who employs Tom Robinson |
| Mr. Gilmer | prosecutor in Tom Robinson case |
| Mrs. Merriweather | has reputation as most "devout" lady in Maycomb |
| Boo Radley | legend of Maycomb, never comes out of his house, sets off Scout, Jem, and Dill's imaginations, leaves gifts in knothole, places blanket over Scout during fire, rescues children from Bob Ewell |
| Lula | does not like the presence of white children in a black church |
| Francis | Scout's cousin, she beat him up for talking badly about Atticus |
| Mayella | claims she was raped by Tom Robinson |
| Burris Ewell | comes to first day of school every year and never comes back |
| Little Chuck Little | gentlemanly to Miss Caroline, scares Burris away |
| Aunt Alexandra | Atticus' sister, frown upon the way Scout is raised |
| Uncle Jack | Atticus' brother, well liked by Scout and Jem |
| Heck Tate | sheriff of Maycomb, wants to keep Boo Radley's role in Bob Ewell's death a secret |
| Mr. Underwood | newspaper editor |
| Mrs. Dubose | had an addiction to morphine, Atticus connects her to showing courage and bravery |
| Nathan Radley | Boo's older brother who fills the knothole with cement |
| Zeebo | hymn leader at black church, defends Jem and Scout from Lula |
| Miss Gates | Scout thought she was a hypocrite, his teacher |
| knothole | Boo's communication with Scout and Jem, filled with cement by Nathan Radely |
| Margaret | Colonel Kelly's wife |
| John Philip Sousa | original owner of Helmholtz's prized trumpet |
| Newt | told Catharine he loves her in spite of her upcoming wedding |
| Jim Doninni | kid who is never loved, acts tough |
| Diana Moon Glampers | handicapper general in "Harrison Bergeron" |
| 7 | number Barnhouse and narrator repeatedly rolled |
| masks | important in "Harrison Bergeron," handicap dancers by hiding their true beauty so they are equally beautiful |
| boots | important in "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" because they are Jim's way of coming across as tough and hiding his true self |
| roses | important in "More Stately Mansions," only things Graces sees as different because in her mind everything else was always there |
| Mildred | Kate's second child |
| Perkins School | located in Boston, Annie taught here |
| Ivy Green | Keller homestead, located in Tuscumbia, Alabama |
| Tewksbury, MA | location of Almshouse Annie lived in with her brother |
| doll | the first word Annie signed on Helen's hand |
| Harry Nash | small and shy, but emotional and confident in play |
| Romeo and Juliet | Helene gave _____ to Harry to try and gain his love |
| frosty pewter pitcher | shows that Grace plans and sees her house down to every little detail |
| mental handicap radio | George is really smart but is stopped from thinking clearly because of this device |
| bags of birdshot | they hinder the dancers' abilities by weakening them |
| Tim Johnson | dog that Atticus shot |
| Atkinson | Miss Maudie's last name |
| Arthur | Boo's first name |
| Radcliffe College | the college Helen Keller attended |
| Harrison Bergeron | has exceptional intelligence, height, strength and beauty and thus has to bear enormous handicaps |
| Professor Barnhouse | has the ability to affect physical objects and events through the force of his mind, goes into hiding after government learns of his power |
| Grace | imagines her house the way she wants it |
| Pi Ying | chinese officer who forces Colonel Kelly to play a game of chess using his family and men |
| Colonel Kelly | plane shot down, forced to play a game of chess |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | play that Helene Shaw and Harry Nash act in |
| Fort Bragg, NC | location of fort that Newt went AWOL from |
| kissing the ceiling | shows that individual talents should be used rather than forbidden |
| automobile starter | shows Catharine's resistance to Newt's love |
| Helene Shaw | loves Harry, plays Stella in play |
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