On what values and ideals do individual characters in To Kill a Mockingbird base their ideas of right and wrong? Please provide examples with...

ATTICUS FINCH.  Atticus is
the moral backbone of his community, and he sets himself as a high standard for others
to emulate. He treats all people--black and white, rich and poor--equally and, as Miss
Maudie tells his children, Atticus acts "the same in his house as he is on the public
streets" (Chapter 5). He serves as a perfect example for his
children, who find themselves taking after Atticus in many different
ways.

SCOUT.  Scout doesn't
think much of her teachers, nor is she very impressed with some of the so-called
"ladies" of Maycomb (ex. the missionary circle tea, Chapter 24).
She prefers the life of the tomboy, but she still tries her best to follow Atticus'
rules and guidelines about life. When he tells her that the use of the word "nigger" is
"common," she claims that everyone at school says it. Atticus assures her that it will
"be everybody less one--" (Chapter 9). She comes to recognize that
his ways, though different from others, are
best.

MISS MAUDIE.  Widowed
"Miss" Maudie always says what she thinks, and it's obvious that she is a strong-willed
woman in a world and time when woman are regarded unequal to men. She is spiritual, but
not a "foot-washing Baptist" like old Mr. Radley: She's "just a Baptist"
(Chapter 5). She has many of Atticus' moral characteristics, and
she decries the gossip expounded by her friend, Miss Stephanie. She treats Jem and Scout
as adults, and for doing so, they recognize her as a true
friend.

DOLPHUS RAYMOND.  A
white man who prefers to live with his black mistress, Raymond enjoys misleading the
town gossips who assume he is drunken and mentally imbalanced. He's not, however, and he
enjoys keeping it his own little inside joke. Unlike Atticus, who treats everyone
equally, Dolphus cares little for Maycomb's white population (though he praises Atticus
in Chapter 20), and he cries "about the hell white people give
colored folks" (Chapter
20).

BOB EWELL.  As
despicable as any character in American literature, Bob's evil ways are many. He hates
blacks, drinks up his welfare check, and allows his children to go hungry and dirty. His
lies cost Tom Robinson his life, and he later attempts to kill Jem and Scout in
retribution for Atticus embarrassing him on the witness stand. He is the opposite of
Atticus, maintaining few if any morals whatsoever.