What is the name of the Cunningham boy in Scout's class?

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The Cunningham boy in Scout’s class is Walter Cunningham. Walter Cunningham Jr. is a poor Maycomb schoolboy whose family pays debts through goods and labor rather than regular cash.

Scout first encounters Walter during her first day at school, when she explains to their teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, why he will not accept a quarter for lunch. Walter later visits the Finch home, where Scout criticizes his table manners; Calpurnia corrects her and insists that guests must be treated respectfully.

Walter is sometimes mixed up with his father, also called Walter Cunningham, who appears during the attempted jailhouse lynching. Scout recognizes the elder Cunningham as the leader of the mob and speaks to him about his son, helping break the group’s momentum. Dill Harris and Burris Ewell are also Scout’s classmates, but neither is the Cunningham boy.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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