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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

How does culture affect values? Guiding Question How does culture affect values?

A Bit About the Author Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama She grew up during the Great Depression Much of the novel reflects Lee’s personal experiences growing up in Alabama Lee’s own experiences with school had a significant influence on the novel

Setting of the Novel Time: the novel is set in the 1930s Place/Location: fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama (based on Lee’s own hometown) Environment: historical context of the novel is crucial to the setting

Historical Context Jim Crow laws The Great Depression of the 1930s Stock Market crash of 1929 paralyzed the nation’s economy In 1933 at the height of the depression, 13 million Americans were without jobs The Great Depression

Community Dynamics of Maycomb A town divided: Racially Socially Economically Religiously Blacks, Working/Respected Poor, “White Trash” Upper-Class Whites and Down-to-Earth townsfolk Religiously all Baptist but separate churches “footwashers”

Themes of the Novel Courage Isolation Tolerance Prejudice Justice Character Coming-of-Age Perspective Rites of Passage Compassion Loss of Innocence

Point-of-View Jean Louis Finch – “Scout” Young girl Mother passed away Father is a lawyer Brother Jem Reliability of Scout as a Narrator Scout tells the story from the perspective of adulthood, looking back on her childhood and reflecting upon the meaning and implications of the event that is described in the first page of the novel

Plot of the Novel Action of the novel takes place over the course of three years and tells of the childhood adventures of Scout and her brother Jem Two major plots in the novel the mysterious Boo Radley the trial of Tom Robinson

Significant Symbols Pay attention to the following symbols in the novel – what might they represent? the Mockingbird title of the novel the mad dog

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