Connections to Harper Lee’s life and To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s life paralleled to the story she wrote, To Kill a Mockingbird. The character Harper Lee wrote about in her book, Scout, was based on herself. Scout and Harper Lee both were daughters of a lawyer who wanted them to be like most little girls, true and proper. Instead, they were both tomboys who played outside and got into fights at school. Many of Scout's childhood experiences cast back to identical moments from Harper Lee's own past. Harper Lee’s father defended a black man during a very controversial time. Her father had a trial where nine black men were blamed for raping two white women. Lee’s father proved that the men were not guilty, 8 of the 9 men were still sentenced
