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    This document provides an overview and analysis of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It summarizes the plot, which follows Scout and Jem Finch and their father Atticus in 1930s Alabama. It describes their interactions with their neighbors including the mysterious Boo Radley. It also discusses the trial where Atticus defends Tom Robinson, an African American man falsely accused of a crime. The document analyzes key themes of racism, social inequality and innocence through symbols like the mockingbird. It provides context on the author and historical time period in which the story takes place.

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    This document provides an overview and analysis of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It summarizes the plot, which follows Scout and Jem Finch and their father Atticus in 1930s Alabama. It describes their interactions with their neighbors including the mysterious Boo Radley. It also discusses the trial where Atticus defends Tom Robinson, an African American man falsely accused of a crime. The document analyzes key themes of racism, social inequality and innocence through symbols like the mockingbird. It provides context on the author and historical time period in which the story takes place.

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    This document provides an overview and analysis of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It summarizes the plot, which follows Scout and Jem Finch and their father Atticus in 1930s Alabama. It describes their interactions with their neighbors including the mysterious Boo Radley. It also discusses the trial where Atticus defends Tom Robinson, an African American man falsely accused of a crime. The document analyzes key themes of racism, social inequality and innocence through symbols like the mockingbird. It provides context on the author and historical time period in which the story takes place.

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    PlotOverview

    AbouttheAuthor

    Jean,thenarratorofthestory,liveswithher
    brotherJem,herfatherAtticus,andtheir
    AfricanAmericancookCalpurniainMaycomb
    County.ThroughoutthestoryJeanisreferred
    toasscout.DuringthesummersScoutsfriend
    Dillcomestotown,andtheyalongwithJem
    hangouteveryday.Theybegintoget
    suspiciousabouttheRadleyhouseonthe
    corner.TheysuspectthatBooRadleylives
    there,butnevercomesoutandisawful
    towardspeople.Theyhaveseveralattemptsto
    findoutwhetherornotheactuallylivesthere.
    Onenightahouseintheneighborhoodcatches
    onfire,whichpeaksScoutscuriosityand
    causeshertogoexplore.Jemandherare
    standingfarawayfromthefireneartheRadley
    house.Whentheallgetinsidetheyrealizethat
    someonehadsecretlygivenherablanket,they
    allsuspectitwasBooRadley.LateronAtticus
    agreestodefendTomRobinson,anAfrican
    American,accusedofrapingawhitewoman.
    BecauseofthisScoutandJemgetteasedfor
    theirdadbeingconsideredaniggerlover,
    causingthemtogetintoalotoftrouble.Onthe
    dayofthetrialAtticushasenoughevidenceto
    provethatTomRobinsonisinnocent.Withthe
    storysetinthe1930smajorityofamericans
    wereprejudicedtowardsAfricanAmericans,he
    islabeledasguiltybythejury.Thefatherofthe
    girlwhoclaimedshewasrapedsought
    revengeonAtticus.OnHalloweenBobEwell
    attacksScoutandJem,butBooRadleysaves
    thetwobykillingBob.

    NovelNotes

    ToKilla
    Mockingbird

    HarperLee

    Leewastheyoungestoffourchildrenandgrew
    upinasmalltown.Herfatherwasalawyer,
    andhermotherhadamentalillness.She
    developedherinterestinliteratureinhigh
    school.Shewenttoanallfemalecollegewhile
    focusingherattentiononwriting.Otherbooks
    GoSetaWatchman

    NickVasconcellos

    1/9/16

    HistoricalContext
    DuringthewritingofthisbookAfrican
    Americanshadlittlerights.Thisbookis
    showingprejudismthatoccurredduringthis
    time.

    EssentialQuotes

    Rememberitsasintokilla
    mockingbird(HarperLee).

    Mockingbirdsdontdoone
    thingbutmakemusicforusto
    enjoy(Lee).

    CharacterAnalysis

    JeanLouiseFinch(scout):Sheisthenarrator
    inthestoryaswellastheprotagonist.She
    livesinMaycombCountywithherbrotherJem,
    fatherAtticus,andhercookCalpurnia.
    Speech:Showsthatifthingsseemoddthen
    shewillbedeterminedtofindoutwhats
    happening.
    Thought:Showsthatshewon'tletthingsblow
    overherhead,andthatsheisveryclever.

    JeremyFinch(Jem):HeisthebrothertoScout
    andsontoAtticus.JemandScoutwerevery
    closewhentheywereyoung.Howeverasthey
    gotolderhegrowsfurtherfromher.Hestill
    looksoutforherandprotectsher.

    AtticusFinch:FathertoJemandScout.Heisa
    lawyerinMaycomb.HetriestoteachJemand
    Scouttoalwaysberespectful.Hetoldthemnot
    tofighttodefendhimfromtheteasingthey
    received.

    Themes

    SocialInequality:Thebookcoversracismand
    prejudismduringthistimeperiod.Throughout
    thestoryAtticusteachesthekidsnottojudge
    othersbytheirlooks.WhichiswhyAtticus
    defendedTomwhennooneelsewould.There
    arealsoexamplesoflynchmobsinthebook.

    GoodandEvil:Goodandevilcoexistinthisworld,
    butchildrendon'tknowwhatrealevilis.Scoutand
    Jemthinkpeoplearegoodbecausetheyhavent
    seenevil.Theeventsleadingtothetrialandthe
    trialarewhentheybegintohaveamoremature
    viewonpeoplebeinggoodorevil.

    MotifsandSymbols

    TheMockingbird:Thetitleofthebookhaslittle
    todowiththeactualstorylineandthe
    characters.Themockingbirdresembles
    innocence.Throughoutthestorythechildrens
    innocenceisbeingtakeawayfromthemas
    theylearnaboutthecruelworld.It'sasintokill
    amockingbirdrepresentsthechildren's
    innocencedying.

    BooRadley:Asthestoryprogressestheir
    imageandthoughtofBooRadleychanges.In
    thebeginningtheythoughthehatedtheworld,
    buttowardstheendtheythinkheisnice.This
    isasymbolofnotjudgingpeoplebytheway
    thelook.

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