Lee County

assumptions about a person over simply what they have heard about him. A prime example of this happens to a man named Arthur “Boo” Radley. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Arthur Radley, a mysterious man who seldom leaves the comfort of him home, is extremely misunderstood by the residents of Maycomb County. In the novel, Arthur Radley presents himself as generous, courageous, and reserved. To begin, even though Arthur is feared to be some kind of monster, his acts of…

Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. The book was set in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Within the book, Lee defines courage as “when you know you’re licked before you being but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” (112) Courage plays a huge role in To Kill a Mockingbird, the story of two children that are being raised in an unfair world contaminated with racism, sexism, and much more. Harper Lee shows courage through many characters,…

Many authors choose to write what they know about. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, author, Nelle Harper Lee use her childhood life as a model for the book. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in 1930s Maycomb Alabama. The narrator, Scout Finch, is a young tomboy who tells the story of a trial her father, Atticus, and how he chose to defend a black man, regardless of his. The characters and setting of the novel impact the plot in many ways. Lee’s childhood town and family affects the setting…

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is an award-winning book about outcasts, judgement, and racial segregation in the small community of Maycomb County. The book introduces a young girl, Scout who grows up and starts to learn how the world is working in her small community. The book begins right after the end of certain laws keeping men and women of color segregated from all of the white men and women. Movie theaters, restaurants, communities, and even schools were segregated during this time. This was all…

is a strange thing. It may be obvious or hidden, for righteous or egotistical reasons, and manifest in small or large acts, yet when of pure intent, it becomes one of the most precious values that a person can have. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee exemplifies many different manners of courage through several of her characters, who are motivated by pride, kindness, and morality. While witnessing substantial acts of courage by people from very different backgrounds, the children embody the…

September 15, 2014 Being Banned Harper Lee is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Her full name is Nelle Harper Lee. She is the youngest daughter of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunnigham Finch Lee. Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. She has total of 2 sisters and 1 brother. Although her brother died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage in 1951. She grew up in Florida but eventually made it back to Monroeville County in the 1900s. Harper Lee was never married. To Kill a…

Throughout the story a prominent symbol is that of the mockingbird. There are two main figurative mockingbirds in the story, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. When Boo Radley was a young man he hung with the wrong crowd and ended up getting in trouble with the law, which lead to him being locked in his parents house for over 15 years. As the years ticked by and no one had seen Boo a sufficient amount of rumors were spread in regards to him and what he did with his time. If someone’s azaleas froze it…

amount of segregation that is seen on every corner and in every aspect of life, a child names Scout Finch has to witness it in Maycomb. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to help the readers better understand the role of civil rights and racism in small town Maycomb county. The story is told from the perspective of Scout Finch who lives with her father Atticus Finch, who is an attorney fighting in court for a black man accused of rape. Along the…

been able to accomplish anything unless they had the courage they possessed. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee takes the readers through a fictional story from the perspective of a young girl living in Alabama during the 1930s. Scout, the narrator, is subject to both the moral and immoral parts of life. She tells the readers of the hardships and prejudices she had seen while living in Maycomb County, including racial and gender prejudices. Scout also…

Have you ever felt your morals being influenced by different factors? What makes you judge what is right and wrong? In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the setting is Maycomb, Alabama, during the height of racism and the Great Depression. Jean Louise, nicknamed Scout, is young, and she is fighting to find what is right and wrong. Every aspect of her morals is being formed as she questions why people believe whites and blacks aren’t equal. Many aspects can influence your morals and judgment.…