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To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Born April 28, 1926 in
Monroeville, Alabama Awards: Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Quill Award for Audio Book
To Kill a Mockingbird is Lee’s only book to ever be published and has more than 30 million copies in print
Lee’s father was an attorney in Alabama and defended two black men who were accused of murdering a white storekeeper
Author: Harper Lee
Maycomb, Alabama
Setting:
Jem and Scout and their friend Dill are obsessed with
the Radley house where Boo, the boogey man lives. Jem and Scout pass by the Radley’s house everyday
on the way school and begin to find items stuck inside of a tree.
During a fire on a winter night, Scout is standing outside and finds out that Boo put a blanket around her.
At school, Jem and Scout receive rude comments from classmates because their father, Atticus, is defending a black man.
Summary/Overview:
One Sunday, Jem and Scout go to church with
their housekeeper where they are very welcomed.
Jem and Scout find out the reason why Tom Robinson is being tried.
Scout, Jem and Dill watch the trial in secret from the balcony.
Despite evidence of innocence, the jury convicts Tom.
Summary/Overview:
Later on, Tom Robinson is killed when trying to
escape. After the trial, Bob Ewell plans revenge. Ewell attacks Jem and Scout one night but they
are saved by a mystery man. When Scout returns home she realizes the
mystery man was Boo. The town sheriff tells Atticus that Bob Ewell
died. Scout befriends Boo.
Summary/Overview:
Scout Jem Dill- Jem and Scout’s friend who lives in
Maycomb during the summer Atticus-Lawyer who defends Tom Robinson and
father to Scout and Jem Calpurnia- Finch’s housekeeper. Keeps Scout
and Jem in line. Boo- Man who lives down the street from the
Finch’s and saves Scout and Jem.
Characters:
Thomas Robinson- Black man accused of
raping Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell- Accuses Thomas Robinson of
raping her. Bob Ewell- father to Mayella Ewell
Characters:
“You never really understand a person until you consider
things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
Scout: “Atticus, he was real nice.“ Atticus: “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
Quotes:
Race Fear Justice and Judgment Family Morality and Ethics
Themes:
Mockingbird: Represents innocence and
connects with Tom Robinson
Boo Radley: Represents Scout and Jem’s development from innocence to maturity.
Symbolism:
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