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Major Works Data Sheet: Do not cut/paste from a website, which is a form of plagiarism. Title: To Kill a MockingBird | Biographical information about the author: | Author: Harper Lee | Born April 28, 1926Grew up in a small townFather was a lawyerOnly novel publishedWon Pulitzer prize | Pub. Date: 1960 | Genre: Historical Fiction | Historical information about the period of publication or setting of the novel: | Post Civil war social classes rich plantation owners Middle class businesses and professionals lower classmade up of laborers and blacks Great Depression Dust Bowl | Characteristics of the genre: (Novel) | A unified and plausible plot structure Sharply individualized and believable characters Persuasive illusion of reality conflict between the major characters | Plot Summary: Do not cut/paste from a website, which is a form of plagiarism. | Exposition Scout tells us how she lives with her brother and her father, Atticus. The town is hit by the great depression but Atticus is a prominent lawyer so they are well off. inciting force the inciting force in this novel is Prejudice and Racism. Rising action Scout and Dill one summer meet Dill The three kids act out skits and Dill becomes fascinated with the Radley house Scout and Jem tell Dill how Boo has not come out in years Dill reutrns home and Scout goes to school Scout hates school and also finds gifts in a tree on the Radley place while she is going home. Dill returns after school is over and summer has started. The three kids start to act out what they think the story behind the Radley place is. Atticus realizes this and stops them and tells them to see life from other peoples point of view The night before Dill leaves, they sneak to the Radley house in order to try and sneak a peak at Boo