The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960, then won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is considered a masterpiece of American literature. There are so many characters in this book that I can't name them all. Here are most of the characters. The Finch family includes Atticus (the head of the family), Aunt Alexandra (Atticus's sister), (Jem) Jeremy (the eldest of Atticus' two children), (Scout) Jean Louise (the youngest of two children of Atticus). both. She also tries to be a boy by doing boy things). And you can't forget their black maid. Her name is Calpurnia. Miss Rachael is Dill's aunt who lives in Maycomb. Dill is friends with Jem and Scout. According to Scout, they are married. (Boo) Arthur Radley is the person who takes Jem home after Jem is injured by Bob Ewell. Tom Robinson is a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell is Mayella's father. He wants revenge on Atticus for what he did to him and his daughter. Mayella is Bob's daughter who was allegedly raped by Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor is the judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county's chief justice officer. I think the protagonist of the story is Atticus Finch because he has the main role and he has the biggest decision to make. The decision being whether or not to defend Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in southern Alabama. It is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression, when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. The story begins during the summer when Scout and Jem meet a new playmate named Dill, who has come from Mississippi to spend the summer with him. his aunt Rachael. Dill is fascinated by the neighborhood gossip about "Boo" Radley. Encouraged by Dill, Jem and Scout try to find ways to lure him out of his house. Soon it's summer again and Dill returns for another visit. The kids' plans to get in touch with Boo Radley have become more daring this year, and on Dill's last night, they decide to sneak onto Radley's porch and spy on Boo..