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To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee. Written by Harper Lee Completed the novel in 1957, published in 1960, just before the peak of American Civil Rights movement. Setting: Maycomb , Alabama 1930s. To Kill a Mockingbird. The famous “Scottsboro Boys” case influenced Lee’s novel Video.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Written by Harper Lee • Completed the novel in 1957, published in 1960, just before the peak of American Civil Rights movement. • Setting: Maycomb, Alabama • 1930s To Kill a Mockingbird
The famous “Scottsboro Boys” case influenced Lee’s novel • Video Scottsboro Case
Themes • It is sinful to inflict harm, whether it involves judgment or physical injury, on someone or something innocent. • The coexistence of good and evil • The importance of moral education • The existence of social inequality Themes
Motifs • Gothic details • Fire • Rabid dog • Small town life • Superficial kindness • Everybody’s business • One of your own Motifs
Symbols • Mockingbirds • Boo Radley • The Snowman • One of your own Symbols
Jim Crow Laws • Video Historical Context