Every author influences literature, what makes them different is their story behind it. Harper Lee spent her career influencing American Literature by making readers question, do they possess the same type of power to represent what can be in the face of what really is. Lee’s lasting contribution was to bring a book to American Literature that gave readers a moral compass. Lee has her very own relations to American literature within her work that strongly impact the society.
In high school, Lee found herself interested in English literature. According to Biography editors, Lee was a member of the literary honor society and glee club. Throughout Harper Lee’s college years, she joined the school’s newspaper and its humor magazine called The Rammer Jammer. (Biography editors) Lee left Alabama six months before she was supposed to take her father’s footsteps and receive her law degree. She worked for a time as an airline reservation clerk in New York City while writing a little on the side. In 1956, …show more content…
“To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in July 1960 and picked up by the Book-of-the-Month club and received the Pulitzer prize award. Author Roberta Baxter states that as a child, Lee became close friends with Truman Capote, who visited town each summer and who also grew as a successful writer. Lee later based the character of Dill on Capote. At the same time, Lee published “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Capote was also working on a book “In Cold Blood” which was based off a murder in a family that took place in Kansas. Lee traveled to Kansas with Capote and helped him complete interviews and gather information on the case. Just as Lee based a character on her friend, Capote returned the favor by basing the character of Idabel in “Others Voice, Other Rooms” on Lee. Capote also dedicated “In Cold Blood” to Lee. (Baxter,
In high school, Lee found herself interested in English literature. According to Biography editors, Lee was a member of the literary honor society and glee club. Throughout Harper Lee’s college years, she joined the school’s newspaper and its humor magazine called The Rammer Jammer. (Biography editors) Lee left Alabama six months before she was supposed to take her father’s footsteps and receive her law degree. She worked for a time as an airline reservation clerk in New York City while writing a little on the side. In 1956, …show more content…
“To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in July 1960 and picked up by the Book-of-the-Month club and received the Pulitzer prize award. Author Roberta Baxter states that as a child, Lee became close friends with Truman Capote, who visited town each summer and who also grew as a successful writer. Lee later based the character of Dill on Capote. At the same time, Lee published “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Capote was also working on a book “In Cold Blood” which was based off a murder in a family that took place in Kansas. Lee traveled to Kansas with Capote and helped him complete interviews and gather information on the case. Just as Lee based a character on her friend, Capote returned the favor by basing the character of Idabel in “Others Voice, Other Rooms” on Lee. Capote also dedicated “In Cold Blood” to Lee. (Baxter,