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All general information about To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, characterizations of 12 characters
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1960To Kill a Mockingbird
novel
by Harper Lee
Harper Lee
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Circumstances ↳ born 1926 ,
Monroeville (ulabama)
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19305 ↳ Studied law >
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father :
lawyer
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Great Depression
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black men charged with rape
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famous court case that really happened 7
Story of initiation
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special type of American short story
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presents :
Characters deeply confusing incident in the life of a child
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Scout : narrator talkes about her life during 6-8 years old -
person : various stages of for the first time confronted
coping with the
experience
with an aspect of adult life
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family : Scout ,
Atticus ,
Jem (cook Caspurnia)
· Aunt Alexandra unde Jack
,
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husband Jimmy setting
↓ >
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Maycomb
grandson Francis
(fictitious)
↳ small town in
-neighbours most of them alone
: and women : Miss Maudie Atkinson ,
Miss
Miss Rachel Haverford (Dill's Aunt) Alabama
Stephanie Crawford ,
Mr Avery ↳ former slave state
Nathan + Arthur "Boo" ↳ poor town sleepiness
Radley Family >
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,
Mrs Dubose
run-slowed
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Cecil Jacobs : classmate not friends (Scout hasn't got any in
school) ↳ hot weather
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Dill only friend (Jem)
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Atticus work : Sherrif Tate , Judge Taylor , prosecutor Gilmer ,
Mr. Underwood
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not from Maycomb
Tom Robinson (Helen Robinson) /
Magella
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black church : Reuerend Sykes
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Bob Ewell
Meaning of the novel's title
Atticus : Shoot all the bluejays you want ,
if you can hit'em but remember
,
"
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird .
Mockingbirds
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friendly
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nice
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entertain people
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harmless
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don't do anything bad Characters who are
Mockingbirds
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"It's a sin" to kill these innocent birds -Tom Robinson
knothole rabid dog
Symbols >
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friendship ↳ dogs diseases
↳ connection bt . Boo and children -racism in town
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