Although the novel is a work of fiction it has multiple parallels to Harper Lee’s own life. It is clear that she based multiple characters in the novel off of people from her own life. Atticus Finch in the novel is a lawyer, and very attentive father to Scout and Jem, just like Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee was to her and her siblings. In the novel Scout’s friend Dill, who visits every summer, and stays with his aunt, is based off of Lee’s friend, and fellow author Truman Capote. Knowing that Lee’s mother suffered from depression, and stayed inside most of the time, one could make the argument that she served as inspiration for the character of Boo Radely, the Finches reclusive neighbor in To Kill a Mockingbird. There was a man named Arthur Bouleware, who was kept inside by his father as punishment for being arrested. He lived on Lee’s street, and is considered by some to be who Boo Radely is based off of. Lee’s childhood friends and family often described her as an unreserved tomboy during her childhood, the young narrator Scout was also an unashamed tomboy throughout the
Although the novel is a work of fiction it has multiple parallels to Harper Lee’s own life. It is clear that she based multiple characters in the novel off of people from her own life. Atticus Finch in the novel is a lawyer, and very attentive father to Scout and Jem, just like Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee was to her and her siblings. In the novel Scout’s friend Dill, who visits every summer, and stays with his aunt, is based off of Lee’s friend, and fellow author Truman Capote. Knowing that Lee’s mother suffered from depression, and stayed inside most of the time, one could make the argument that she served as inspiration for the character of Boo Radely, the Finches reclusive neighbor in To Kill a Mockingbird. There was a man named Arthur Bouleware, who was kept inside by his father as punishment for being arrested. He lived on Lee’s street, and is considered by some to be who Boo Radely is based off of. Lee’s childhood friends and family often described her as an unreserved tomboy during her childhood, the young narrator Scout was also an unashamed tomboy throughout the