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What is Dill's real name in To Kill a Mockingbird?

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Dill's real name is Charles Baker Harris, and he is Scout's very close friend. He is from Meridian, Mississippi, and visits Maycomb during the summers. He stays with his aunt Rachel, but actually spends most of his time with the Finches.

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Then, what is Jem's real name?

Jeremy Atticus Finch

Furthermore, what is Dill's physical description in To Kill a Mockingbird? "Dill has snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff [and] he habitually pull[s] at a cowlick in the center of his forehead" according to Scout. He is also very short because "Scout tower[s] over him." Dill has blue eyes.

People also ask, how old is Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird?

seven years old

Why is Dill called Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Charles Baker Harris (Dill) For Scout and Jem, summer means Dill, and Dill's imagination: "Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies" (1.39).

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