To Kill a Mockingbird (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Harper Lee
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Maycomb, Alabama
- Principal Characters: Scout Finch, Jem Finch, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, Boo Radley
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: African Americans, Girls, Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Segregation or integration, Children, Parents and children, Racism, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, 1930’s, Trials, Rape, Law or legislation, Violence, Fathers, Lawyers, Small-town life, Alabama, Heroes or heroism, Toleration
- Locales: South (U.S.), Maycomb, AL
Form and Content
To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, who recalls her childhood spent in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Set in the Great Depression of the 1930’s, part 1 of the novel mainly consists of Scout’s everyday trials and tribulations with her father, Atticus; her older brother, Jem; their black housekeeper, Calpurnia; and their neighbors. Scout and Jem are becoming more aware of the adult world around them. Atticus Finch desires his children to be more tolerant in a town that has certain deep-rooted...
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