To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird

• A novel by
• Harper Lee

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Harper Lee

• Born 1926 in Monroeville, AL
• Very Private Person
• Early 1950s
• Studied law
• Airline hostess
• Began writing some during this time

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Harper Lee cont.

• To Kill a Mockingbird published in 1960
• Took 2 ½ years to write
• Very Popular
• Best Seller for 1 ½ years
• Made into a movie
• 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Similarities Between Novel and Authors Life

• Novel is NOT autobiographical
• Towns
• Monroeville Maycomb similar layout and size
• Fathers
• Both Lawyers
• Lees fathers middle is Finch Finch is the last
  name of family
• Both had genuine humility and natural dignity

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Setting

• Maycomb, AL
• 1933-1935
• During the Great Depression
• Deep South
• Segregation and Racism
• Map of Maycomb
• map

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Characters

• Scout
• Jem
• Atticus Finch
• Calpurnia
• Dill
• Boo Radley
• Miss Maudie
• Tom Robinson

• Miss Caroline
• Bob Ewell
• Mayella Ewell
• Mr. Cunningham
• Heck Tate
• Mrs. Dubose

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Point of View

• 1st Person
• Told by someone in the story. The I person is
  the narrator also. Everything is told from one
  perspective.
• 2nd Person
• Told from the you perspective. Very rarely used
  and a difficult form to write in.
• 3rd Person
• Told from an outside force looking in. This
  narrator is all knowing and sees everything. The
  perspectives of all the characters can be seen.

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To Kill a Mockingbirds Point of View

• In this novel the story is told from Scouts
  point of view (1st person).
• The novel is primarily told by the child, Scout,
  but the narrator also uses the fact that it has
  been years since the event to fill in other
  details (showing maturity).

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Themes

• Growing up
• Moral courage
• Racism
• Education
• Change