1. To Kill a Mockingbird Review
English 9

2. Background Monroeville, Alabama/1926 Atticus
Harper Lee’s birthplace and year: ___________________
Monroeville, Alabama/1926
The character based on Lee’s father is _____________.
Atticus

3. Background
Epigraph for her novel:_______________. “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.”

4. 1. Growing Up 2. Prejudice 3. Courage
Themes
1. Growing Up 2. Prejudice 3. Courage

5. Five things Lee’s Writing is praised for:
Simple, strong storytelling
Authentic characters
3. Dialogue
4. Attack on important social issues
5. Humor

6. Scout To Kill a mockingbird Prejudice 1930’s - Alabama
Narrator of the novel:
Scout
Maycomb’s Usual Disease:
Prejudice
Setting (time period and state) of the novel:
1930’s - Alabama

7. To Kill a mockingbird 2 1/2 years Jean Louise
The action of the novel spans _______________.
2 1/2 years
Scout’s real name is ___.
Jean Louise

8. Boo (Arthur) Radley Tom Robinson Mockingbirds
Two symbolic mockingbirds:
Boo (Arthur) Radley
Tom Robinson

9. Whites were considered superior to Blacks in all ways.
History
Jim Crow was the name of a ______________________.
Racial Caste System
Whites were considered superior to Blacks in all ways.

10. Brown vs. Board of Education
History
The Supreme Court ruling of ________________________ made racial segregation in public schools illegal.
Brown vs. Board of Education

11. Scottsboro Alabama History
The Tom Robinson case was based on the ___________________ trial.
 Scottsboro
The trial took place in _________________
during
Alabama

12. Works Progress Administration
History
WPA stood for ___________.
Works Progress Administration

13. Vocabulary words
1. recluse – someone who stays away from society and the company of others 2. notoriety – well-known; fame 3. nondescript – dull; with no special or interesting qualities 4. gait – pace, walk 5. irascible - angry

14. Vocabulary words
6. rout - defeat 7. reprimand - scold 8. blandly – smoothly without excitement 9. connived - secretly 10. railing - painful

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