To Kill A Mockingbird Facts

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Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee published the novel in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1961. She also had Go Set a Watchman published in 2015, a book that shows later years in the life of the Finch family. The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is stated in the book to be a sin because a mockingbird is innocent. However, in the 376 page novel, a mockingbird is never actually killed, and the term is actually a metaphor for how Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of rape, is found guilty due to prejudice and not actual evidence. This is because the entirety of the novel is set in the 1930s in the town of Maycomb.

The person the story is told from the perspective from, is Jean "Scout" Finch, and the novel revolves around her adventures in Maycomb, those of which teach her many things about morality and beliefs. She has

There is also their cook, a black woman named Calpurina, who acts somewhat like a mother, since their mother died of a heart attack when Scout was two. In addition, they have a permanent neighbor, Miss Maudie Atkinson, whom they go visit often, and summer neighbors, Charles Baker "Dill" Harris and his aunt Miss Rachel. Residing in the Radley Place next to the school lives the Radley family, which comprises of: Arthur "Boo" Radley, who is a recluse that never leaves the house, Nathan Radley, who becomes the "man of the house" after Mr.