To Kill a Mockingbird (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Harper Lee
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Three-year span in the mid-1930’s
- Setting: Alabama
- Principal Characters: Atticus Finch, Scout (Jean Louise), Jem (Jeremy Atticus), Boo (Arthur) 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
The Story:
Scout Finch, almost six years old, her brother Jem, four years older, and their little friend Dill (Charles Baker Harris), a visitor to Maycomb, Alabama, spent their summer thinking of ways to lure Boo Radley from his house. The children had never seen the recluse, but a few townspeople saw him some years ago when Boo reportedly stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors, was locked up for a time, and then was returned to his family. No one in Maycomb had seen him since.
Challenged by Dill, Jem, although fearful he would be killed by Boo, who...
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