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To Kill a Mockingbird. By: Harper Lee. Born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926 Only wrote one novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize Mother - Frances Finch Lee Father - Amasa Coleman Lee (of the Civil War Robert E. Lee)
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To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee
Born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926 • Only wrote one novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize • Mother - Frances Finch Lee • Father - Amasa Coleman Lee (of the Civil War Robert E. Lee) • Father was a lawyer, and Harper studied law but didn’t graduate from law school
Things to Look for While Reading Setting Characters Conflict Climax Conclusion Point of View Symbolism Theme
Setting of the Story • Maycomb, Alabama • Between 1933 and 1936 • Traditional old Southern Town • Small rural town setting where everyone knows everyone.
Characterization • Atticus Finch • Scout Finch • Jem Finch • Dill • Calpurnia • The Radley Family • The Ewell Family • Tom Robinson • The various neighbors, Miss Maudie, Miss Stephanie, Mrs. Dubose etc. • Heck Tate & the Judge
Conflict in the Story * Conflict within the Radley Family (Boo vs. Authority Figure) * Conflict within the community (racism and classism) * Conflict between The Ewells and Tom Robinson * Conflict within families (The Ewells and the Finches)
POINT OF VIEW • Scout Finch • Young Motherless Girl • Antagonistic Tom Boy • Just Beginning School • Fast Temper • “Matter of Fact” Ideas
SYMBOLISM • The Mockingbird • The Mad Dog • Mrs. Dubose’s Flowers • The Gray Ghost
THEME • Growing Up (The change from innocent acceptance to skepticism) • Prejudice (Class, Race, and Sexual) • Courage (Physical Courage to Moral Courage) • Compassion • Conscience