Background Reading

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (woman), is based around some actual events that were happening around the time that the story was written. 'The Great Depression', large discrepancies in class, the build up to civil rights/ racial prejudice, The Scottsboro Trials/ Allegations.

 

The Scottsboro Trials

 The Great Depression 

The History of Jim Crow Law

 

Study Guides -

 

The following stuy guides will help you with your study of the text. They have things such as: chapter summaries, quizzes, character analysis, theme notes, symbols, chapter questions

 

To Kill a Mockingbird Spark Notes

To Kill a Mockingbird Cliffs Notes

Novel Analysis 

Literary Analysis

 

Quite a helpful site

Homework online 

 

Important Moments -

 

To Kill a Mockingbird - Main Parts

 Part One

Scout's First Day at School

Boo Radley (Arthur) leaves items for Jem and Scout

Atticus is called upon to shoot the mad dog

Atticus must defend a negro - Tom Robinson

Scout attacks Francis and Jack Finch punishes her

Jem is forced to read to Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose

 

Themes

Courage

Heroism

Prejudice

Innocence

 

 

Catherine and Soraya Deceptive Appearances.doc

Courage Sam F.doc

 

 

Style - Narrative Technique

 

Narrative Technique

 

 

 

 Scout - character assignment -

Scout

 

 

Atticus - character

Atticus

 

 

 

Boo Radley - Character

Boo

 

Symbols - What do they represent?

Symbols

 

Important Quotes

 Important quotes

 

Key Readings

The Effects of Loneliness essay.doc

 Character Analysis of Hero.doc

 Character Analysis of Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird.doc

SCOUT FINCH ESSAY.doc

 

 

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