To Kill a Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird

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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

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.

To Kill a Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird

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