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like most readers of the novel, think Jem is a special boy. Calpurnia…this one’s debatable We know that Calpurnia is the faithful, strict, motherly maid of the Finch family. However, was this name choice significant and/or symbolic? Calphurnia was the third wife of the Roman Emporer Julius Caesar (10044 BC) who was noted for her faithfulness, but who had no children of her own. The similarity in faithfulness is apparent, but what is troubling? Does that matter? Mayella Violet Ewell Although there seems to be no significance to the name Mayella, who can guess the symbolism of this character’s middle name, Violet? ? Remember the geraniums. ? Mayella seems to be a flower trying to bloom in the middle of a landfill. Flowers are symbols of beauty, and we know from the novel that Mayella tried to keep clean and she tried to maintain something beautiful in her ugly life. Bob Ewell Have fun describing this man… ? Despicable. Mean. Violent. He spends his welfare checks on booze. It