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An Introduction to Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Nancy MacDonald


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Harper LeeBorn on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville,

Alabama

Youngest of four children

1957 submitted manuscript for hernovel; was urged to rewrite it

Spent over two years reworking it

1960

To Kill a Mockingbird (her only novel) published

1966 - was one of two persons namedby President Johnson to the National

Council of Arts


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SETTING

Maycomb,

ALABAMA


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Main CharactersScout (Jean Louise Finch) six-year-old

narrator of storyJem (Jeremy Finch) her older brother

Atticus Finch Jem and Scouts father, aprominent lawyer who defends a black man accused

of raping a white woman Arthur (Boo) Radley a thirty-three-year-oldrecluse who lives next door

Charles Baker (Dill) Harris Jem and Scouts

friend who comes to visit his aunt in Maycomb eachsummer

Tom Robinson a respectable black manaccused of raping a white woman

Calpurnia the Finches black cook


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Social Class in the Novel

Wealthy

Country Folk

"White Trash"

BlackCommunity

This is probablysimilar to how classstructure existedduring the 1930s inthe South. Thewealthy, althoughfewest in number,were mostpowerful. Theblacks, althoughgreat in number,were lowest on theclass ladder, andthus, had the leastprivileges.

Examples of each social class:Wealthy - Finches

Country Folk - Cunninghams

White Trash Ewells

Black Community Tom Robinson


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Living in a World of DiscriminationACTIVITY:

You will go to the assignedwebsite to view anumber of photographsdepicting racial

discrimination. Chooseone picture and write aone-page reflection onhow you felt upon seeingit. Consider how youwould feel if you saw thepublic sign as a white

person, and then as acolored person.

Click here to viewPhotographs of RacialDiscrimination

A cafe near the tobacco market. (Signs:Separate doors for "White" and for

"Colored.) North Carolina, 1940
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Reflecting on What Weve Read so far Chapters 1-4

In your journal, answer the following questions:1. As the novel begins, we are introduced to the town of Maycomb and its inhabitants through the

recollections of the narrator, Jean Louise Finch (Scout).a) What does Scout tell us about the history of the town? What is life like there when Scout isgrowing up?b) What do we learn about the history of Scouts family? How is this history linked with that of Maycomb?c) Briefly relate the history of the Radleys. What do you find odd about them? In what waysdo the Radleys differ from the Finches?

2. Dills curiosity about Boo Radley sparks a series of attempted encounters with this mysterious,invisible neighbour. Examine each of the following encounters with Boo, and answer thequestions below:the dare

the runaway tirethe new game

a) What do the children find so fascinating about Boo Radley?b) What is the childrens motive in each of these incidents? c) What evidence is given to illustrate that their actions are not going unnoticed?


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Reflections for further ahead

As you are reading the novel for the first time, make entries in yourjournal at the points indicated below in response to thequestions asked. Feel free to write other thoughts and feelingsabout other parts of the novel as you are reading!

1. After finishing chapter 11, give your opinion of Atticus. Would you liketo have him as a father?

2. As you finish chapter 13, record your reaction to Aunt Alexandra.What will the relationship between her and Scout be like, in youropinion?

3. In chapter 14, Dill explains to Scout why he ran away. Have you everfelt like this?

4. Describe your feelings at the end of chapter 22. Was this the verdictyou expected?

5. Write down your immediate feelings after finishing the novel.


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For your Viewing Pleasure

To finish our novel unit, we will be watching the film version of To

Kill a Mockingbird, as well as the movie A Time to Kill, a recentfilm production based on John Grishams novel, which deals withsimilar issues of race and justice.

Be prepared for some questions on the final exam on both of thesemovies!!


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"Mockingbirds don't do onething but make music for us

to enjoy. They don't eat uppeople's gardens, don't nestin corncribs, they don't doone thing but sing theirhearts out for us. That's whyit's a sin to kill amockingbird."

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