To Kill a Mockingbird

Mr. Avery is a minor yet colorful character in To Kill a Mockingbird, known for his humorous and idiosyncratic behavior. Living near the Finch family, he entertains and annoys the children by...

Mr. Avery's claim to fame in To Kill a Mockingbird is his ability to urinate from his front porch and hit far distances, a feat that fascinates Scout and Jem.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout create a humorous snowman resembling their neighbor, Mr. Avery, using mud due to insufficient snow. The snowman's likeness to Mr. Avery, a grumpy character who...

Mr. Avery attributes the changing of seasons to the misbehavior of children, claiming it is written on the Rosetta Stone. He tells Scout and Jem that when children disobey, smoke cigarettes, and...

The irony in Mr. Avery's Rosetta Stone allusion lies in his use of a scholarly reference to suggest a superstitious cause for weather changes, claiming it predicts that children's misbehavior affects...

Mr. Avery, a neighbor in To Kill a Mockingbird, spends time each week whittling a stick of stove-wood into a toothpick, which he then chews. This quirky habit is one of his few notable activities,...