"He then described how Freddy could be stopped - through Heather's role as gatekeeper:"Actually, there is a person in the dream, sort of a gatekeeper, so to speak, somebody that Freddy has to get by before he can come through into our world.The overly-amorous farmer's widow Miz Zeffie extends her gloved hand over Sullivan's - he retracts his hand and folds his arms across his chest.As he two fought, Vanessa freed herself and impaled Ajax with one of the swords, but was tossed away.[Her character represents the novel's author.Finch was the middle name of Harper Lee's father.Also, a mockingbird and a Finch arebothsongbirds.] Uncredited Kim Stanley narrates the film in voice-over as an adult version of Scout.She intelligently recalls where she grew up, in a small Southern own, where "the day was 24 hours long, but it seemed longer":Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it.