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2. Harper Lee
Born Nelle Harper Lee
on 28th April 1926 in
Monroeville Alabama.
Her father was a lawyer.
She studied law at the
University of Alabama
1945-49, but left before
finishing to pursue a
literacy career.
3. Biography:
HARPER LEE
Mockingbird's success also
inspired the box office smash, To
Kill a Mockingbird, starring
Gregory Peck.
Lee published several essays in
the early 1960s but, as a true
literary recluse, has published
nothing since then and refuses all
requests for interviews.
4. Novel
Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960
Based the story on her life growing up in
Monroeville, Alabama
TKAM was the only novel she ever wrote
5. The character of “Dill,”
Scout and Jem’s playmate in
the novel was based upon
Lee’s actual neighbor,
Truman Capote
Capote is famous for
amongst other things, In
Cold Blood and Breakfast at
Tiffany’s.
It has been said that he gave
Lee a Mockingbird as a gift.
6. The Great Depression
A worldwide economic downturn starting in
America with a major stock market crash on 29th
October 1929 which became known as Black
Tuesday.
Many shares suddenly became worthless and
poverty swept the country.
The public lost confidence in the economy and
spending levels decreased.
This resulted in drastically falling production
levels and drastically rising unemployment.
8. Alabama in the 1930s
By the early 20th
century, every southern
state had passed laws
that created two
separate societies; one
black, the other white.
Blacks and whites could
not use the same waiting
rooms and blacks were
barred from many
hospitals.
9. Slavery and Racism
In the early 20th Century tens of thousands of
convicts, mostly black men, were caught up in a
racist justice system.
Until nearly 1930, Alabama was providing
convicts to businesses, who would work in the
fields and mines.
Nearly two decades after slavery was abolished in
America, men were dying as slaves in a prison
work scheme that benefited southern states and
businesses.
10. Civil Rights Movement
To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960 at the
beginning of the black Civil Rights Movement.
Although it was almost 100 years since slavery was
abolished in America black people were still being
treated as second class citizens.
Blacks, who had fought for their country during the
Second World War, were starting to demand more
civil rights, such as their right to vote. The black
Civil Rights Movement took on new strength and
Alabama was an important centre in this
movement.
11. Themes
Prejudice
Racism
Loneliness
Courage
Innocence
Growing Up
Coexistence of Good and Evil
Gaining Understanding
Importance of Moral Education
12. CHARACTER STUDIES
Scout:
Six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch narrates the
novel.
A tomboy at heart, Scout works hard not to "act
like a girl" by wearing overalls instead of dresses
and beating up other children who antagonise her.
Scout spends her days playing outside with her
older brother, Jem, and her best friend, Dill.
Extremely smart and bright for her age, Scout
loves to read spends time reading with her father,
Atticus, every night.
Being head strong, Scout often finds herself in
trouble with her father, her housekeeper,
Calpurnia, her neighbours, her aunt Alexandra, and
her teachers.
Despite the rules of etiquette governing life in her
small town, Scout voices her opinions and
recognises hypocrisy and injustice in her elders.
13. CHARACTER STUDIES
Atticus:
Father of Jem and Scout, Atticus Finch sits on the
Alabama State Legislature and acts as Maycomb's
leading attorney.
The epitome of moral character, Atticus teaches
his children and his community how to stand up
for one's beliefs in the face of prejudice and
ignorance by defending a black man, Tom
Robinson, wrongfully accused of raping a white
woman.
Having lost his wife when Scout was two years
old, Atticus devotes himself to his children despite
criticism from family and neighbours who think his
children lack discipline and proper guidance.
Atticus stands as one of literature's strongest and
most positive father figures.
14. CHARACTER STUDIES
Jem:
Ten years old when the book begins , Jeremy
"Jem" Finch acts as Scout's playmate and
protector.
Entering adolescence during the course of the
novel.
Jem matures as he struggles with issues of racism
and intolerance.
On the brink of manhood, Jem goes through
phases as he comes to grips with his family's past
and his future role in society.
Sometimes moody and sullen, sometimes kind and
gentle, Jem emerges as a leader as he helps Scout
understand how to get along in school and
reminds her to respect Atticus and their other
elders.
15. CHARACTER STUDIES
Dill:
Harper Lee based her character, Charles Baker
"Dill" Harris, on her girlhood friend and famous
writer, Truman Capote.
Spending his summers with his relative, Miss
Rachel, in Maycomb, Dill, who is Scout's age,
comes from a broken family.
Dill spins grand tales about his father but runs
away from home late in the book because he feels
his mother and step-father don't care about him.
During his summers however, he, Jem, and Scout
entertain themselves by pretending they are
characters in plays and attempting to coax Boo
Radley out of his house.
16. CHARACTER STUDIES
Calpurnia: The Finch's black housekeeper,
Calpurnia acts as a mother figure and disciplinarian
in the Finch household. Atticus trusts Calpurnia,
relies on her for support raising his children, and
considers her part of the family. Calpurnia also
gives the children insight into her world when she
takes them to her church.
Boo Radley: Arthur "Boo" Radley is Maycomb's
town recluse. Myths and rumours about Boo and
his family abound. According to town gossip, Boo
stabbed his father in the leg when he was a boy
and has since been confined to his house. The
children imagine Boo as a ghoulish figure who eats
cats and stalks about the neighbourhood under
the cover of night. In fact, Boo stands as a figure of
innocence who befriends and protects the children
in his own way.
17. CHARACTER STUDIES
Aunt Alexandra: Atticus' sister, Aunt Alexandra is a proper Southern woman who maintains a strict code about
with whom she and her family should associate. She criticises Atticus for letting Scout run wild and when she
moves into their home during Tom Robinson's trial, Alexandra urges Scout to wear dresses and become a proper
lady.
Tom Robinson: The most important client of Atticus' career, Tom Robinson, a young, black man, is a church
going, father of four accused of rape by Mayella Ewell.
Bob Ewell: The father of eight, Bob Ewell, a white man, and his family live behind Maycomb's dump. Desperately
poor, Ewell uses his welfare money to buy alcohol while his children go hungry. His nineteen year old daughter,
Mayella, accuses Tom Robinson of rape and battery.
18. CHARACTER STUDIES
Miss Maudie: Miss Maudie is the counterpoint to
Aunt Alexandra. A neighbour to the Finch family,
Maudie offers Scout a female role model opposite
from Alexandra. Maudie respects the children and
admires Atticus. Unlike the other women in the
town, Maudie minds her own business and
behaves without pretension or hypocrisy.
Walter Cunningham: Walter Cunningham plays a
small but important role in Mockingbird. A farming
family, the Cunninghams occupy a middle position
in Maycomb's class hierarchy above African
American citizens and the Ewells but below Atticus
and the Finch family. Honest and hard working,
Walter Cunningham and his son are respectable
community members who represent the potential
in everyone to understand right from wrong
despite ignorance and prejudice.