Monroeville, Alabama

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee was born in 1926, she is very well known for her 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Her father was a lawyer in their hometown Monroeville Alabama. He defended two black men, a father and a son, who were accused of murdering a white store clerk, similar to Atticus in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Lee’s mother was a home keeper, she suffered from a very rare illness so she rarely left their home and also may have had a bipolar…

courage to help people who deserve it when it puts themselves in danger. Harper Lee showed readers this in her novel, and many readers have said that this message impacted their lives. Additionally, the author of an article says “This daughter of Monroeville, Alabama, had something to say about honor, and tolerance, and, most of all, love — and it still resonates. "To Kill a Mockingbird" has influenced the character of our country for the better. It’s been a gift to the entire world” (Sutton).…

How did Atticus Finch take care of his children, and was he good at it? To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in the racially divided town of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch, a highly respected lawyer in the town of Maycomb, was the widowed father of two children, Jem and Scout. As both a father and a lawyer, Atticus had many responsibilities, one of which included raising his children responsibly. While Atticus took his job as a father very seriously, the methods he used…

Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is an excellent example of an effective argument; it was written in response to an editorial addressing the issue of Negro demonstrations and segregation in Alabama at the time.…

Ethel Provo was born and raised in Ramer, Alabama, a small town outside of Montgomery Alabama. Ethel wasn’t born in a hospital; she was born at home by a midwife. The midwife was a close friend of the family, and delivered most of the babies in the area at that time. Back when Ethel was growing up Ramer was a small town where everyone knew everyone. People didn’t bother locking doors back then, because they felt safe and trusted their neighbors. She said there wasn’t much to steal, because…

Final Draft Extract 1 (Chapter 11) The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is written by Harper Lee in 1960. The novel is set in the 1930s in the south of the United States. The chosen extract is from chapter 11 of the novel, which concerns a “vicious” (pg. 106) and ill woman named Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose. This extract includes a discussion between Jem and Atticus Finch regarding the death of Mrs Dubose. From reading the extract on the discussion of the death of Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose, the…

The mockingbird represents people who just want to be left alone, but are brought into public eye and humiliated without wanting to be. Another interpretation of a mockingbird is the innocent. The title of the book is to Kill a MockingBird because Tom Robinson was killed. In the book Mr. Underwood says that Tom Robinson's murder was like a murder of a songbird because he thinks it’s a sin to kill mockingbirds. Along with Tom Robinson, Scout mentions Boo Radley as a Songbird because he just wants…

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was not as instantaneous as you may think. There were more people arrested, violent approach of the white people to stop the boycott, and much more. The Montgomery Bus Boycott didn’t start off with just Rosa Parks getting arrested, there were at least a dozen more before her, in Montgomery alone. Rosa Parks was not really the reason why the boycott was started. They chose Rosa, over the two arrested a week before her, becauseshe was a better candidate then they were.…

“Discuss how the character of Scout develops and changes throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, and how she exemplifies the theme of growing up” Trevor Liu Elsa High School “Discuss how the character of Scout develops and changes throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, and how she exemplifies the theme of growing up” In Harper lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” we see the main character Scout ( daughter of Atticus Finch) changing from a young innocent girl into a…

To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is about a non-racist family trying to survive a racist community. They encounter many issues such as Atticus having a harder time at work, the kids getting made fun of, and being judged by others around them. They have to overcome hardships while not getting in trouble. The kids all struggle to get along with everyone who is racist because they’re not. The main focus us that they had to overcome the judgmental people and stand for what they believe.…