Dill

Dill

• His real name is Charles Baker Harris. He has no proper home and spends his time between various relatives. In Maycomb, he stays with his Aunt Rachel during the summer vacations. Later on, when his mother remarries, he runs away from his new stepfather. He is a victim of others' selfishness and can be compared to Boo Radley and Tom Robinson.
• Scout first sees him as a "curiosity".
• He joins in Jem and Scout's games and soon shows an active imagination. Scout sees him as "a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies".
• It was his idea first to make Boo come out.
• He is a quick thinker - he explained away the loss of Jem's trousers (which he'd lost in the Radley place) by saying they'd been playing strip poker.
• He becomes 'engaged' to Scout.
• He sobs during the trial while Tom Robinson is being cross-examined. Like the other children, he wants justice and is anti-racist.