To%20Kill%20A%20Mockingbird%20by%20Harper%20Lee

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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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No, it is not a how to book
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How is the South different than the rest of the
country?

• Language
• Food
• Customs
• Religion
• History
• Climate
• Race Relations

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The Author

• Background info on Harper Lee
• Born in 1926.
• Raised in Monroeville, AL.
• Her father was a lawyer.
• His name was Francis Finch.

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Lee and Capote

• Capote and Lee
• Grew up with Truman Capote.
• Based character Dill on Capote.
• Capote dedicated his most famous book, In Cold
  Blood to Harper Lee.

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The Author

• Lee Later in life
• The novel won Pulitzer Prize in 1961
• Awarded honorary degrees.
• Only published essays following TKAM.
• Currently splits her time between New York City
  and Monroeville.

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Where did she get the idea?

• Where did Harper Lee get the idea for her novel?
• A case in Scottsboro, AL
• 2 white women accused an African American man of
  raping them.
• Only received lawyer the day of the trial.

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Scottsboro Case Cont

• No physical evidence of a rape.
• Medical testimony said no rape.
• All white jury still convicted them.

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Setting

• Setting In Maycomb, AL
• In 1930s
• During the Great Depression
• Novel is set during the time of complete
  segregation.

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Class System

• Class System
• Land class
• Educated class
• The townspeople
• The farmers
• The poor white trash
• The African Americans

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Southern Society

• African American Nannies
• Took care of children
• Cleaned
• Cooked
• Handled most of the discipline.

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Southern Society

• Southern Ladies look pretty,
• Participate in ladies groups,
• Supervise the running of the household.

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Southern Society

• Small Towns everyone knows you,
• church is the center of the social scene,
• not much entertainment,
• everybody knows everybodys business,
• You are judged by your family.

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Literary Terms

• Sub Plot A small plot within a novel/play that
  helps to support or build the main plot.
• Main plot The trial of Tom Robinson
• Sub Plot Mrs. Dubose, the fire, the kids and
  Boo, etc

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Main Characters

• Jean Louise Scout Finch six years old, tomboy
• Jeremy Atticus Jem Finch 10 years old
• Atticus Finch Dad, widower, Lawyer
• Dill Friend who visit in the summer
• Arthur Boo Radley Scary guy who lives next
  door

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Chapter 1

• POV First Person-Scout tells the story
• Main Characters
• Jem Ten years old at the start of the novel
• Scout Six years old at the start of the novel
• Atticus Lawyer, widower, nearly fifty

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Chapter 1

• Main Characters cont
• Calpurnia The childrens nanny, African
  American, worked for the family for years
• Dill Staying w/ his Aunt Stephanie for the
  summer, single parent home

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Chapter 1

• Main characters cont
• Boo Radley (according to Jem)
• Seven feet tall
• Eats raw squirrels and cats
• Has fangs
• Is a peeping Tom
• Drools

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Chapter 1

• Boo Radley, the real story
• Got in w/ the wrong crowd
• Got arrested for being wild
• Family would not send him to the reform school

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Chapter 1

• Boos story cont
• Put in the courthouse basement
• Almost died from the mildew
• Went and was home-never seen again
• Stabbed his father in the leg w/ scissors

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Chapter 1

• Dill gets the idea of trying to get Boo to come
  out
• To prove his bravery, Jem runs up and slaps the
  housenot very mature!

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CHAPTER 2

• 1st grade filled with kids of all ages,
• Town kids go straight through school.
• Farming kids keep working at home and are never
  able to advance

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Chapter 2

• It is Scouts and Miss Carolines first day of
  school
• Miss Carolines Mistakes
• Was mad at Scout for being able to read and
  write.
• Points out student w/ no lunch,
• Pat with ruler
• Sticks children in corner

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Chapter 2

• She Doesnt understand her kids
• most of them are farm kids
• they just dont get the cat story
• the Cunningham's dont take charity

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Chapter 3

• Scout takes her frustration out on Walter
  Cunningham
• Jem invites him over for supper
• Scout, again, gets in trouble because of her big
  mouth

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Chapter 3

• Miss Caroline does not understand Burris!
• The Ewells
• Mother is dead
• Dad is a drunk
• Kids are filthy
• They live in the dump
• The kids dont go to school
• The town looks the other way

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Chapter 4

• Who is leaving things in the knothole? Why?
• Jem gets Scout back for making fun of him
  (mature?)
• What does Scout hear in the house?
• Playing Boo Radley in the front yard (mature?).

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Chapter 5

• Miss Maudie
• Treats the kids with respect
• Loves her garden
• Widow
• Rents a room to Mr. Avery
• Lives across the street from the Finches

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Chapter 5

• Scout is having problems with her fiancé. How
  does she try to solve them? (mature?)
• Miss Maudie explains a bit more about the
  Radleys
• Atticus catches the kids playing Boo Radley
• Jems response was very mature!

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Chapter 6

• What do the kids wait to see Mr. Avery do?
• The kids decide to look in Boos window
• Mr. Nathan fires a gun at the kids
• Jem gets stuck in the fence
• Dill is able to think on his feet
• Jem goes back at night to get his pants

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Chapter 7

• More things found in the tree
• The kids decide to write a thank you note
• What happened the night Jem went back to get his
  pants?
• Mr. Nathan fills up the knothole
• Why is Jem so upset?

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Chapter 8

• It snows!
• Jem builds a snowman. What does show about Jem?
• What is an absolute morphodite?

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Chapter 8

• Miss Maudies house catches fire
• What does Atticus think to save?
• Scout gets a blanket from who?
• Why doesnt Jem want to return it?
• How does this show maturity?

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Chapter 9

• Why is the town so mad at Atticus?
• Scout is told to stop fighting and she has some
  success
• Uncle Jack comes for Christmas
• Scout is still trying to get out of going to
  school (mature?)
• What is the rule about the air rifles?

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Chapter 9

• Aunt Alexandra
• Atticus older sister
• Believes Scout should behave like a proper lady
• Not a kid person
• She is a cold person

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Chapter 9

• Uncle Jimmy
• Married to Aunt Alexandra
• Buys cotton (does nothing)
• Has spoken to Scout once in her whole life

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Chapter 9

• Francis
• Aunt Alexandras grandson
• Prissy
• Tattletale
• Mean

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Chapter 9

• Francis calls Atticus a hateful name
• Scout responds by calling Francis a whorelady and
  beating him up
• Uncle Jack sides with Francis until he hears the
  whole story.

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Chapter 9

• Uncle Jack and Atticus have a talk at the end of
  the chapter
• Why does Atticus want Scout to hear the whole
  thing?
• What is in store for the kids?

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Chapter 10

• The kids think Atticus is just too old
• There is a mad dog
• What do the kids learn about Atticus?
• Why doesnt Jem want tell everyone?
• How does this show maturity?

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Chapter 11

• Mrs. Dubose
• Really old
• Really mean
• Supposedly has a confederate pistol in her lap
• Hates Atticus for defending Tom Robinson

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Chapter 11

• Jem Snaps. What does he do?
• How does he have to make amends?
• Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose teaches an
  important lesson The meaning of courage.

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Chapter 11

• I wanted you to see something about her-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.

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Chapter 11

• Its when you know youre licked before you
  begin, but you begin anyway and you see it
  through no matter what. You rarely win, but
  sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety
  eight pounds of her (Lee 112)

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Chapter 12

• Calpurnias Church Scout learns
• Calpurnia has another life,
• Most African Americans in Maycomb cant read.

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Chapter 12

• Church is strong and caring,
• No white people will hire Helen Robinson,
• Atticus is well respected w/in the African
  American community

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Chapter 13

• Aunt Alexandras definition of a proper Lady and
  Gentleman
• Dress nicely
• Come from a land owning family,
• Hire people to work your land,
• Own land on the river
• Have good manners,
• Its about how you look not who you are

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Chapter 13

• What do you think Atticus definition would be?
• Why does Atticus tell Scout that it is not time
  to worry yet?

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Chapter 14

• How has Jem separated himself from the younger
  kids?
• What is under Scouts bed?
• Why doesnt Boo run away?

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Chapter 14

• Atticus as a parent
• Gives his children attention.
• Makes them feel needed and important.

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Chapter 15

• Mob Scene
• Violent tradition of lynching African Amer.
  Without a trial.
• Who is in the mob?
• Why does a mob operate differently from
  individuals?
• How does Scout stop them?

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Chapter 15

• Is Jem mature in this chapter?
• Goes to protect his father
• Refuses to leave when told to
• Why does Atticus muss Jems hair at the end of
  the chapter?

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Chapter 16

• Maycomb county values conformity be like
  everyone else, follow the social norms.
• Dolphus Raymond
• His white fiancé killed herself
• Lives with African Americans

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Chapter 16

• Drinks out of a paper sack
• Has mixed children
• Is wealthy
• Why does Jem think the Raymond kids are sad?
• Where do the Jem, Scout and Dill sit to watch the
  trial?
• What does this tell us about them and Atticus?

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Chapter 17

• Important Testimony from Heck Tate (the sheriff)
• No doctor was called
• Mayella was beaten on the right side of her face
• She had hand marks all the way around her neck
• There were no other witnesses besides Mayella,
  her father and Tom

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Chapter 17

• Bobs Testimony
• He starts by insulting his dead wife.
• He refers to his daughter as a farm animal.
• He is disrespectful to the judge and to Atticus

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Chapter 17

• Who plants the flowers at the Ewell House? Who
  does this remind you of?
• Why did Atticus have Bob sign his name?
• Why does Bob get so mad?

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Chapter 18

• Mayellas testimony
• Tom raped her.
• Asked Tom to fix door
• Tom beat her with both hands
• Dad said Tom ran out door
• Claims Tom has been over 1 or 2 times

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Chapter 18

• What Atticus shows us about Mayella
• She doesnt even know what a friend is
• She doesnt even understand how a child could
  love her parent
• Her father beats her
• No one has ever addressed and Miss

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Chapter 18

• Mayella Cont
• Only two of the family members can read
• Mayella refuses to change her story
• Why does she yell at the end?

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Chapter 19

• What we know about Tom
• He is a family man
• He is a religious man
• His left hand does not work
• He had helped Mayella before

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Chapter 19

• Toms testimony
• Mayella kissed him
• Tom said nothing was wrong with the door
• Tom can only use his right hand
• Said he jumped out the window
• Says he helps Mayella often

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Chapter 19

• Toms story cont
• The kids went to get ice cream-Mayella saved the
  money
• Mayella wanted to kiss a man because what her
  father does to her doesnt count
• Who do you believe?
• Why would Mayella lie?

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Chapter 20

• Why does Dill become so upset?
• Dolphus Raymond offers him a drink
• Dolphus really drinks Coca Cola, not alcohol.
• Why does Dolphus pretend?

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Chapter 20

• What mistake does Tom make?
• Atticus final statement forces the town to look
  at itself
• Calpurnia comes to court

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Chapter 21

• The kids are in trouble
• Why does Atticus let them go back?
• Jem believes Atticus will win
• The jury finds Tom guilty
• Why do all the African Americans Stand when
  Atticus passes?

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Journal 2/25/15

• What does Atticus mean when he says, it seems
  that only children weep?

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Chapter 22

• Jem is crushed by the verdict
• He learns that life isnt fair
• How does the African American Community thank
  Atticus?
• What did Bob Ewell do to Atticus?

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Ch 22 Questions

• What does Miss Maudie mean when she says, were
  making a stepits just a babystep, but its a
  step? What evidence does she use to explain her
  optimism?

• As the children watch the neighbors gossip, Dill
  makes a declaration about what he will be when he
  grows up. What does he say, and what are his
  reasons?

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Chapter 23

• How does Atticus respond to Bob Ewells action?
• Miss Maudie tries to comfort Jemhe gets a piece
  of the big cake
• Jem tries to understand why the jury did what it
  did.

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Journal 2/26/14

• If somebody were to spit in your face, how would
  you react and why?

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Chapter 23

• Who was the holdout on the jury?
• Why cant Scout invite Walter Cunningham over?
• Why does Jem think Boo stays inside?

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CH 23

• How does Jem describe the social hierarchy in
  Maycomb?

• What does Atticus mean when he says, its all
  adding up and one of these days were going to
  pay the bill for it? To what is he referring?

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Journal 2/27/15

• Why do you believe Scout prefers the company of
  men as opposed to that of women?

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Chapter 24

• Aunt Alexandra has a missionary tea
• Mrs. Merriweather makes rude comments about
  Atticus
• Miss Maudie puts her in her place
• Scout joins the party

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Chapter 24

• It is ironic that the woman want to help Africans
  in Africa but are so cruel to African Americans
  in their own town.
• Tom Robinson is deadshot 17 times

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Chapter 24

• Atticus asks Cal to go with him to tell Helen
• Scout gains new respect for Aunt Alexandra

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Chapter 24

• Mrs. Merriweather says, If we just let them know
  we forgive em, that weve forgotten it, then
  this whole thingll blow over. Who and what is
  she talking about? What is ironic about her
  statement?

• Why do you think Tom ran for the fence? Why did
  he keep running even when the guards warned that
  they would shoot?

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Journal 3/2/2015 Ch. 25

• In your honest opinion, did Tom Robinson die a
  hero or did he die in vain? Explain your answer.

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Chapter 25

• Why doesnt Jem let Scout kill the roly poly?
• How does Dill describe Helen when she learned of
  Toms death?
• What is Bob Ewells reaction?

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Chapter 25

• As Scout is about to kill a roly-poly bug. What
  stops her from doing it? What theme does the
  incident express?

• To what did Mr. Underwoods editorial compare
  Toms death? What is the significance of his
  comparison?

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Chapter 25

• What remark did Mr. Ewell make upon hearing of
  Toms death? What is the significance
• of the remark?

• What recurring motif is present in chapter 25?

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Journal March 3, 2015

• How will Jems childhood experiences impact his
  growth as an individual?

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Chapter 26

• Scout feels remorse for how they treated Boo
  (mature)
• Why is it it ironic that Mrs. Gates hates Hitler
  for how he treats the Jew?

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Chapter 26

• What is Jem so upset about?
• What is Jem trying to forget?

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Chapter 26

• Why does Jem react violently when Scout talks
  about what she overheard at the courthouse?

• Scout says that the Radley place had ceased to
  terrify her. Why?

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Chapter 27

• Its Halloween
• Because of the incident with Miss Tutti and Miss
  Frutti, there will be a pageant!
• Mrs. Merriweather is in charge (yuk!)

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Chapter 27

• What happened at Judge Taylors house?
• What does that say about Bob Ewell?
• What did Bob say about the loss of his job?
• What does Bob do to Helen Robinson?

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Chapter 27

• What part does Scout play?
• How was her costume constructed?
• Who is taking her to the pageant?
• Why does Lee end the chapter the way she does?

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Chapter 27

• Scout states that three unusual things had
  happened in Maycomb by the middle ofOctober.
  Briefly summarize these three incidents.

• Identify at least two instances of foreshadowing
  in the final four paragraphs of the chapter.

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Journal March 5, 2015

• How have Scouts feelings about Boo Radley
  changed since the beginning of the novel?

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Chapter 28

• Jem and Scout take a short cut to get to school
• Cecil Jacobs scares them
• Poor Scout misses her cue during the pageant

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Chapter 28

• They wait until everyone is gone to leave.
• Scout is still wearing her costume
• They are attacked
• Who attacked them?
• Who saved them?
• What is Jems injury?

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Chapter 29

• How was Bob killed?
• Who do we meet for the first time?
• What saved Scouts life?

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Chapter 28 and 29

• How does Scout feel about Jem in this chapter?
  What does she say about him after he sympathizes
  with her about Mrs. Merriweathers cruel remark?

• How did Scouts costume probably save her life?
• According to Heck Tate, why did Bob Ewell go
  after Scout and Jem instead of Atticus?

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Chapter 30

• Scout treats Boo like a proper lady should treat
  a visitor in her home
• What does Atticus believe?
• Why does Heck Tate say Bob fell on his knife?

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Chapter 30

• Why would it be like killing a mockingbird to
  tell the town what happened?

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Chapter 31

• What does Scout do when it is time for Boo to go
  home?
• What is her mature realization?
• How is the lesson of The Grey Ghost connected to
  the theme of the novel?
• Why is the last image of the novel so powerful?

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Final Questions

• What lesson of Atticuss comes to Scouts mind as
  she reminisces on the Radley porch? What is the
  significance of her realization?

• What is Atticuss final statement about people?
  What theme does this statement highlight?

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Major Symbols

• Symbols
• Tom Robinson is the mockingbird. All he does is
  help others and create beautiful music
• Then he was killed which makes it a sin.
• The roly-poly mockingbird also.

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Symbols cont

• Symbols Contd
• Boo represents the mockingbird. He has done no
  wrong and saves the kids from Bob Ewell.

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Symbols

• The Journey
• Growing up
• The journey Scout and Jem took to school that
  night
• The journey from innocence to experience

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Themes

• Themes
• In Harper Lees novel TKAM, she illustrates it is
  a sin to destroy those who seek only to do good
  in the world
• it is a painful and difficult process growing
  up in this world.
• we live in a world which is often unjust.