To Kill A Mockingbird Which Aspects Of The 1930's Inspired Harper Lee
Why the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee
“Which aspects of the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill A Mockingbird?” Harper Lee has always claimed that her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not relate to her life. However, there are a number of similarities to Harper Lee's life and the life of Scout and Atticus Finch. Harper’s father was a southern lawyer, like Atticus. According to Lee’s childhood friends, Lee was a tomboy like Scout is. Many believe that Lee was influenced by what influences many writers and that was her own personal experience. Harper Lee was inspired to write To Kill a Mockingbird because of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Hitler. Franklin D. Roosevelt inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill a Mockingbird because Franklin said in speech on fear that, “the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others…” (Franklin). This quote portrays how the people of …show more content…
When a coup attempt in 1923 failed, he turned, after release from jail, to the buildup of the party to seize power by means that were at least outwardly legal. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was one of the most powerful and infamous dictators of the 20th century. After World War I, he rose to power in the National Socialist German Workers Party, taking control of the German government at 1933. His establishment of concentration camps to inter Jews and other groups he believed to be a threat to Aryan supremacy resulted in the death of more than 6 million people in the Holocaust. In the early 1930s, the mood in Germany was grim. The worldwide economic depression had hit the country, especially hard, and millions of people were out of work. Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change. He gave people hope and didn’t let them
“Which aspects of the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill A Mockingbird?” Harper Lee has always claimed that her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not relate to her life. However, there are a number of similarities to Harper Lee's life and the life of Scout and Atticus Finch. Harper’s father was a southern lawyer, like Atticus. According to Lee’s childhood friends, Lee was a tomboy like Scout is. Many believe that Lee was influenced by what influences many writers and that was her own personal experience. Harper Lee was inspired to write To Kill a Mockingbird because of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Hitler. Franklin D. Roosevelt inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill a Mockingbird because Franklin said in speech on fear that, “the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others…” (Franklin). This quote portrays how the people of …show more content…
When a coup attempt in 1923 failed, he turned, after release from jail, to the buildup of the party to seize power by means that were at least outwardly legal. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was one of the most powerful and infamous dictators of the 20th century. After World War I, he rose to power in the National Socialist German Workers Party, taking control of the German government at 1933. His establishment of concentration camps to inter Jews and other groups he believed to be a threat to Aryan supremacy resulted in the death of more than 6 million people in the Holocaust. In the early 1930s, the mood in Germany was grim. The worldwide economic depression had hit the country, especially hard, and millions of people were out of work. Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change. He gave people hope and didn’t let them