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    To Kill a Mockingbird: A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel
    To Kill a Mockingbird: A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel
    To Kill a Mockingbird: A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel
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    To Kill a Mockingbird: A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel

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    Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is widely considered one of the greatest of American novels. This new guide gives you an in-depth analysis of this important work, unlocking its more confusing aspects, making the book accessible and enjoyable, and helping you uncover all the details that make up the story.
    Included in this guide: a biography of author Harper Lee, a look at the book's context, its literary elements, detailed chapter summaries, analysis, and an examination of critical questions and essay topics. This is the definitive guide to To Kill a Mockingbird, concise, and easy to read.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Crayola
    Release dateJan 12, 2014
    ISBN9781311947598
    To Kill a Mockingbird: A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel
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    Robert Crayola

    Robert Crayola is the author of numerous educational guides and videos, plus the following works: COMICS Prince Pander (2014) The Pubic War (2015) Batman LSD: The Living Nightmare (2016) Star Wars: Vader & Son (2016) ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & STORIES William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience (2011) The Little Girl and the Little Boy (2016) The Past is Still Happening (2016) There Is No Government (2016) SHORT FICTION Savage Tales (2013) DRAMA 18 Plays For Untalented Actors (2012) NONFICTION Cheat Codes For Life (2010) FICTION Dr. Jew (2010) Ueda Sensei Solves Crimes of Depravity and Perversity (2011) Ueda Sensei Vomits on the Garbage of Humanity (2012) Ueda Sensei Castrates the Insidious Underground (2013) SHORT TEXTS Prayer Magic: Conversations With Reality (2008) Vipassana Meditation: My Experiences at a 10-Day Retreat (2012) ALBUMS Alpha Cat (2011)

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      To Kill a Mockingbird - Robert Crayola

      To Kill a Mockingbird:

      A Reader's Guide to the Harper Lee Novel

      by Robert Crayola

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Robert Crayola

      https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/robertcrayola

      ****

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      The Elements of Literature

      Characters

      Chapter Summaries & Commentary

      Critical Questions & Essay Topics

      Conclusion

      INTRODUCTION

      Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has been viewed as a classic almost from the moment of its release in 1960. Thanks in part to the film version released just two years after the book, the story has reached an enormous amount of people, with sales estimated at around 30 million by 2014. It is continually taught in schools, and characters like Atticus Finch and Boo Radley sound familiar even to people who haven't read the book.

      In this guide we'll be looking at the book in great detail, exploring the context and origins of the story, and sorting out the plot so we can get a deeper understanding of the book's themes and meaning. I will be revealing all major plot details, so if you don't want spoilers, go and read the book first.

      AUTHOR: Let's begin our study with a look at the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee.

      Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) has a great deal in common with Scout Finch, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird. Her father was in the Alabama State Legislature and also served as a lawyer, even defending two black men in a case.

      Lee grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, a small town like Maycomb in her novel. She was a tomboy like Scout and had a friend similar to Dill – the young Truman Capote, who went on to become a respected author in his own right with stories like Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood.

      Unlike Scout, however, Lee's mother was alive to raise her, and Lee had four older siblings.

      Lee had a strong interest in reading and writing in high school. She went to Huntingdon College in Montgomery and began to write stories. She wrote the early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, and she revised it for a few years. She was able to get it published in 1960, and it immediately proved to be a success both critically and commercially.

      Since its publication, Lee has published no other books, only a few short nonfiction pieces. She assisted Truman Capote in his research for In Cold Blood (as depicted in the film Capote), but has primarily chosen to live a private life.

      CONTEXT: Lee published her novel at a time when racial segregation was being strongly contested, and blacks struggled for equal rights. Although written by a Southerner, Lee was not afraid to criticize her fellow Southerners, while also showing the good things about the South. She presented complex issues from the perspective of a child. Nevertheless, the book has been (and continues to be) challenged for its depiction of rape and use of racial slurs.

      THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

      WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THIS?: The book is a novel of standard length.

      STRUCTURE: The book is divided into two sections, totaling 31 chapters. The first section focuses on establishing the setting

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