<P> The film 's young protagonists , Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch ( Mary Badham ) and her brother Jeremy Atticus `` Jem '' Finch ( Phillip Alford ) , live in the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama , during the early 1930s . The story covers three years , during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives . They are innocent children , spending their days happily playing games with each other and spying on Arthur `` Boo '' Radley ( Robert Duvall ) who has not left his home for many years and about whom many rumors circulate . Their widowed father , Atticus ( Gregory Peck ) , is a town lawyer and has strong beliefs that all people are to be treated fairly , to turn the other cheek , and to stand for what you believe . He also allows his children to call him by his first name . Early in the film , the children see their father accept hickory nuts , and other produce , from Mr. Cunningham ( Crahan Denton ) for legal work because the client has no money . Through their father 's work as a lawyer , Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town , aggravated by poverty ; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it . </P>
<P> The film 's young protagonists , Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch ( Mary Badham ) and her brother Jeremy Atticus `` Jem '' Finch ( Phillip Alford ) , live in the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama , during the early 1930s . The story covers three years , during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives . They are innocent children , spending their days happily playing games with each other and spying on Arthur `` Boo '' Radley ( Robert Duvall ) who has not left his home for many years and about whom many rumors circulate . Their widowed father , Atticus ( Gregory Peck ) , is a town lawyer and has strong beliefs that all people are to be treated fairly , to turn the other cheek , and to stand for what you believe . He also allows his children to call him by his first name . Early in the film , the children see their father accept hickory nuts , and other produce , from Mr. Cunningham ( Crahan Denton ) for legal work because the client has no money . Through their father 's work as a lawyer , Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town , aggravated by poverty ; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it . </P>
who is the main character of to kill a mocking bird
who is the main character of to kill a mocking bird
Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch
Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch