reading it are mature enough to understand the meaning and look past the language so school districts have no need to ban it. The book “To kill a Mockingbird” was written in 1960 and deals with rape and racial inequality that happened near Monroeville‚ Alabama in the 1930s. The book is very popular as it has been
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and irresistibly back and forth between being sentimental‚ tough‚ melodramatic‚ acute‚ and funny” (Champion 124). Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926 (Shields 3). She was the youngest of four children (Madden 29)‚ and grew up in Monroeville‚ Alabama. She was known as Nelle by her friends and family. Harper was considered to be very much a tomboy and did not dress or act like the other girls her age‚ like her character Scout in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Harper was even given the nickname
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Title To Kill a Mockingbird Type of Book To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize‚ and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors‚ as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936‚ when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor‚ despite dealing with the serious issues
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the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a timeless novel with great insight on the simple times‚ racism‚ and the difficult situations that occur in life. (Altman) The full name of Harper Lee was Nelle Harper Lee. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville‚ Alabama‚ on April 28‚ 1926‚ and
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At the time Harper Lee was writing To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there were many historical events taking place. At the heart of it all was the Civil Rights movement. “There was little opportunity for African Americans to advance themselves in the South. Schools were segregated between whites and blacks‚ who were not allowed to attend white high schools. Blacks were therefore effectively denied an education‚ since‚ in the early 1930s‚ there was not a single high school for black students in the South” ("To
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a number of historic trials which were based on the lone testimony of one of the women‚ all of the African American men were found guilty and one of the men was sentenced to death convicted by a white jury. Harper Lee was born in April 1926 in Monroeville‚ Alabama‚ the same state as the trial and knew of the conditions surrounding it. Growing up she was known as a Tomboy and called writer‚ Truman Capote her friend. She has studied law at
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GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRE-AP SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2013 9TH GRADE Mrs. Nelson: nelson@greenvilleisd.com; Cell- 903-269-0603 English I Pre-AP Summer Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) Available at Hastings‚ Barnes and Noble‚ or on Amazon.com [pic] [pic] Assignment: While you read To Kill a Mockingbird‚ note and annotate passages that you think are significant. Mark that book! 1. The goal is to note your thoughts about selected quotes as you read
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greater worldly issues at the time. The serenity of Scout’s memories shocked yet engrossed me in the story. Overall I found it to be a great book with a deeper meaning that kept me enveloped in thought for days. Harper Lee grew up in small town Monroeville‚ Alabama. The Scottsboro trial was happening while she was a young girl. Perhaps this event influenced some of the events in the book. In fact the more you look at Harper Lee’s life‚ the more similarities you find with the book. This may be one
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize‚ and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors‚ as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936‚ when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor‚ despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator’s
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