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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee. (Nelle) Harper Lee. Born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama Only ever wrote 1 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird Her best friend growing up was Truman Capote, a famous novelist Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom which is for

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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  1. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

  2. (Nelle) Harper Lee Born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama Only ever wrote 1 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird Her best friend growing up was Truman Capote, a famous novelist Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom which is for a civilian who makes great contributions in some way Stayed out of the public eye and only ever did a few interviews

  3. Her Life Scout’s Life -Grew up in small town AL -Best friends were her neighbor, Truman Capote (neither one really fit in) and her older brother -Father was a legislative lawyer -Grew up in the Great Depression & Scottsboro Trials -Grows up in Maycomb, a small town in Alabama -Plays with her older brother and their visiting neighbor, Dill -Father is a lawyer -Is six years old during the story which takes place during the Great Depression -Court case mirrors Scottsboro Trials

  4. The Great Depression -1930s -Stock Market Crashed and the economy was set off into crisis -The unemployment rate was high -People with jobs were not making enough money to get by -People lost homes, valuables, and other posessions

  5. Racism in the South Jim Crow laws- These were set up to keep African Americans separate and lower than White people. -White people were to be called “Miss” or “Mrs.” or “Mr.” and Black people of any age were called “girl” or “boy.” -Black people were to use separate facilities from White people -A Black person was not allowed to extend their hand to shake first-- that implied equality. -White motorists had the right of way on roads -A Black person riding in a White person’s car was to either ride in the back seat or in the truck bed

  6. Scottsboro Trials (1931) -9 teenaged Black boys in Alabama were riding the rails when some White boys who were also riding hopped off & told a sheriff that they’d been attacked -The police found the 9 boys on the train and 2 White women who accused the boys of raping them. -Juries used to be all White and typically male. -The boys were tried numerous times and continually found guilty. -Tom, a Black man, in the story is accused of rape by a white girl

  7. Civil Rights Movement There are strong themes and issues dealing with equality and racism in TKAM The story was written during the Civil Rights Movement Even though the story was taking place twenty five years earlier, the issues at its core were reaching new heights in society

  8. CHARACTERS

  9. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch Atticus Finch -Narrator of story -Tomboy -Lives with her dad, brother, and servant -It’s believed she about 6 or 7 when the story happens although she tells it as an adult -Scout & Jem’s dad -Well known lawyer in town -Wife died -Believes in racial equality -Defends a Black man charged with raping a White girl

  10. Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch Charles Baker “Dill” Harris -Scout’s older brother -Four years older -Can’t refuse a good dare -Beginning to separate himself from Scout, but still very close -Loves football -Jem & Scout’s summer neighbor -Active imagination -Represents childhood innocence in the novel -Obsessed with “Boo” Radley

  11. Arthur “Boo” Radley Calpurnia -Never leaves the house -The kids are fascinated by the mystery -He’s emotionally damaged from his awful father -An example of a “mockingbird” -The Finch’s Black cook -She stern and has had a large part in raising the children -They respect her and fear her a little

  12. The Ewell’s -white trash Bob -the father -town drunk -fully supports his daughter’s false accusation of rape Mayella -sad soul -abused and lonely -accuses Tom of raping her

  13. Tom Robinson Aunt Alexandra -The Black man Atticus defends in court -Wrongfully accused of rape -An example of a “mockingbird” -Atticus’ sister -Loves her family -Proud, southern lady -Her propriety and love of traditions often clashes with Scout

  14. Things to Pay Attention to: -The symbol of the Mockingbird -The parallel stories: Boo Radley & Tom Robinson -Themes: good vs. evil; right vs. wrong; and racisim vs. social equality -

  15. Goals & Learning Outcomes -Understand a complex plot -Understand why plot is important -Identify and explain themes and symbols -Track themes and symbols throughout plot to examine the importance of their growth -Make connections from the novel to history and even present day

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