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Harper Lee

Harper Lee. Born April 28, 1926. About the author. Grew up in Monroeville, Alabama Her father, a lawyer and state legislator, was a descendant of General Robert E Lee Lee was an avid reader and from a young age wanted to become a writer. More About the Author.

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Harper Lee

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  1. Harper Lee Born April 28, 1926

  2. About the author • Grew up in Monroeville, Alabama • Her father, a lawyer and state legislator, was a descendant of General Robert E Lee • Lee was an avid reader and from a young age wanted to become a writer

  3. More About the Author • Attended University of Alabama and later moved to NYC to pursue a writing career • After two years of writing and revising, To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960

  4. About the novel • To Kill a Mockingbird was an immediate success • Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 • Voted best novel of the century by Library Journal in 1999

  5. More About the Novel • 1991 survey by the Library of Congress asked readers to rank books that had made a significant difference in their lives. TKaM ranked second after the Bible. • TKaM is the only novel Lee ever published • For more than 40 years, Lee has declined to comment on her novel, letting it speak for itself

  6. Style • Coming of Age • Lee chose a form of fiction that explicitly deals with the main characters growing up and maturing. • Language • Lee employs colloquial language – esp. in the speech of the characters (dialogue) and in the descriptions of setting  

  7. Style Cont. • Narration • Double-layered narration is used.  • The older Scout explicitly tells the story at the outset of the novel and at its end.  • In the middle, the story is told from the perspective of Scout as a child.  • However, there are points in the novel where the two narrators are almost telling the story at the same time.

  8. Style Cont. • Symbols • Lee employs several central symbols in the novel • Mockingbird • Snowman • Mad dog • Boo Radley • Clothing – esp. Scout’s clothes • Buildings

  9. Themes • Race Relations • Growing up • Search for Identity • America divided • Justice vs. the Law  • History vs. the Present • Conformity vs. Individuality • Gender Roles • Stereotypes Exposed • Myths of Childhood

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