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To Kill a Mockingbird: (Harperperennial Modern Classics) by Harper Lee | Complete Key Summary & Analysis
To Kill a Mockingbird is an interesting novel written by Harper Lee and Published in 1960. The book won the Pulitzer Prize and become a classic American literature with a modern touch. The plots and characters of the story are completely based on the observation of the author because she keenly observed her family members, neighbors, and events in her hometown in 1936. At that time, her age was only 10 years and the novel is completely based on her life events. The novel is famous for humorous and numerous serious issues, such as racial disparity and rape. The Harper Lee is famous for her great work “To Kill a Mockingbird” based on the adult attitudes toward the class and race in the Deep South.
Nelle Harper was born in Monroeville and Harper Lee is her pen name. She got enrollment at Monroe County High School and during her education, she developed a strong interest in English Literature. She completed her graduation in 1944 from high school and then attend Huntington College in Montgomery for almost one year. She studied law at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for several years. She wrote a newspaper for the university, but unable to complete her degree.
The editors of “To Kill a Mockingbird” warned Lee that this book may not sell, but it quickly became a sensation in the literary circles. In the novel, the Lee uses unforgettable characters to explore racism and the civil rights in the isolated Southern United States of the 1930s. The story revolves around a father, Atticus Finch, who is an attorney and trying to prove the innocence of a black man accused of rape. The story is also about Boo Radley, a strange neighbor who saves a scout and her brother from a killer.
The characters of this novel are inspired by the childhood of Lee, such as the Scout of the novel is the daughter of a respected attorney and the friend of a scout is inspired by Truman Capote who is a childhood friend of Lee. Everything in the novel is based on the true events and stories; therefore, the novel got huge success and it is still alive in the current era as well.
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Nelle Harper was born in Monroeville and Harper Lee is her pen name. She got enrollment at Monroe County High School and during her education, she developed a strong interest in English Literature. She completed her graduation in 1944 from high school and then attend Huntington College in Montgomery for almost one year. She studied law at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for several years. She wrote a newspaper for the university, but unable to complete her degree.
The editors of “To Kill a Mockingbird” warned Lee that this book may not sell, but it quickly became a sensation in the literary circles. In the novel, the Lee uses unforgettable characters to explore racism and the civil rights in the isolated Southern United States of the 1930s. The story revolves around a father, Atticus Finch, who is an attorney and trying to prove the innocence of a black man accused of rape. The story is also about Boo Radley, a strange neighbor who saves a scout and her brother from a killer.
The characters of this novel are inspired by the childhood of Lee, such as the Scout of the novel is the daughter of a respected attorney and the friend of a scout is inspired by Truman Capote who is a childhood friend of Lee. Everything in the novel is based on the true events and stories; therefore, the novel got huge success and it is still alive in the current era as well.
This book will give you everything you need to know about the book in just 20 minutes!!
Bonus
Available on PC, Mac, Kindle, Tablets, Iphones & Androids
©2015 All Rights Reserved
43 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2016
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March 16, 2022
Disclaimer- I didn't read this version, but I can't find the version I did. Loved this story from the get go. Been meaning to read it like forever, but spotted it on a work colleague who offered to lend it to me. So I finally had that opportunity. Brilliantly set against the backdrop of the 1920's/30's. Hungover attitudes regarding black people at that time and clever use of using young children's eyes and personalities to paint a picture of the education that the general public needed in relation to civil rights. I felt this author was a very smart woman.
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