Go Set a Watchman Characters

Girl ScoutJean Louise Finch—you know her better as scrappy, overalls-wearing Scout—returns home to Maycomb, Alabama. We haven't seen her in about 17 years in book time (and 55 years in real tim...

Everything is A-OKKKAtticus Finch wears two watches—a wristwatch and a pocket watch—but he has no idea what time it is. Yep, times are a-changin', but Atticus can't give up his pocket watch out...

Terms and ConditionsPoor Henry....ish.He's a war veteran with a scar from a German's rifle. He had a deadbeat dad and a just plain dead mother. He worked his way through school. Joined the army. St...

Medical Malpractice Uncle Jack Finch looks like Alexandra, had his education paid for by Atticus, dresses like Atticus ("Styles may come and styles may go, but [Uncle Jack] and Atticus will cling t...

Tightly WoundAunt Alexandra is the crazy-uptight matriarch of the Finch family. As a woman, she's charged with maintaining her high-class standards in Maycomb society. That means she has "irreconci...

The HelpCalpurnia is another character you will recognize from To Kill a Mockingbird. After Jem died, Calpurnia left, so we mainly see her in flashback where she still fills the "magical Negro" rol...

Jem's dead....We thought we'd rip that Band-Aid off fast for any of you out there attached to Scout's older brother. Early on in Watchman, we learn that Jem and Scout's mother died of a heart defec...

In a PickleFan favorite character Dill—who's totally based on Truman Capote—appears in flashbacks, as Jem and Scout's comic relief. He's punished by Aunt Rachel for cutting holes in her sheets...

Ghost of the PastBoo Radley got over his anxiety, left the house, married Dill's Aunt Rachel, and eventually became mayor of Maycomb, championing integration in schools and civil rights for all.Jus...