How would I go about ranking the main characters of the story from the highest to lowest social class according to personality/behavior? From To...

This is an interesting twist on ranking characters because
history (and the book) provides a class system which was based on education, land
ownership, profession, and of course, race.  Historically, you could look at the
different classes this way:

• White Professionals:
  Finches, Radley's, Miss Maudie, etc.


• Poor White Farmers:
  Cunningham's


• White "Trash":
  Ewell's


• Black (Anything): Calpurnia, Tom
  Robinson

Your assignment dictates that you
place characters into classes based on attitude, personality, or behavior.  If I were
tackling this assignment, I'd order the characters in the book from most respectful to
least respectful.  Atticus would be at the top and Bob Ewell at the bottom.  This
provides a uniform characteristic to measure each character
against.

In this way, you will see which characters you
deem "equal" according to their level of respect for others.  Atticus, Aunt Alexandria,
and the Radleys might no longer be in the same category.  Additionally, the Black
community would not fall below characters like the
Ewell's.

Remember as you work that the list is completely
up to you which means it is based on your opinions.  However, be prepared to explain
your opinions using examples from the text.