It took her two and a half years and the help of her editor, Tay Hohoff, to re-write the novel and finalize To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Examples of this prejudice are repeatedly displayed in Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Symbols played an important role in To Kill A Mockingbird. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."... Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird should most definitely be included among a list of works of high literary merit. ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a debatable book on the required reading list for the tenth grade curriculum. ... To Kill a Mockingbird only benefits the teen mind because of its strong messages. ... Rape is understood by teenagers well before the tenth grade year, just as profanity is, when To Kill a Mockingbird is taught. ... Those who disagree with the language and content in To Kill a Mockingbird should think of tenth grade history classes. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird brings about an argu...

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

CHARACTER STUDY: Scout - Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own qualities and in her social position. ... PLOT: In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story unfolds through the eyes of six year old girl named Scout. ... On the suggestion of her editor, Lee developed one of her short stories into her only novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, published in 1960. Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and spent 80 weeks on the bestseller list. Translated into 40 languages with 30 million copies in print, Mockingbird's success also inspired the box office smash, To Kill a Mock...

• Word Count: 961
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Recognition of Good and Evil Quality To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is number #41 on the banned book list. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is # 41 on the banned books list. ... Likewise, the banning of Mockingbird wasn't just a decision based on one complaint. ... The characters in this book that were referred to, as niggers were Calpurnia, Tom Robinson and his family and they often received sympathy from the other main characters of the book. ... Our history is a precious treasury for us and banning such books like Mockingbird is like ignoring the past. ...

• Word Count: 1147
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As if the celestial bodies controlling the courses of human events possessed some strange sense of irony, the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has in recent years, become a mockingbird itself. ... ""Tis a sin- Atticus, a character in the story would say. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is a compassionate, dramatic, deeply moving novel that contains many valuable morals and life's lessons about justice, courage, integrity, perseverance, and equality, while at the same time opposing racism and discrimination. ... Even more baffling, is that other books on the Bureau Reading List using th...

• Word Count: 973
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a famed novel written by Harper Lee. ... By definition, the first-person narrator technique refers to the method that is applied by having a major character relating his or her story. ... The three effects that I have listed above are characteristics of the first-person narrator method and they are responsible for enhancing my understanding of the story. ... Scout's honest to goodness description of the many characters in the novel helped create a successful build-up to the climax of the novel and did not, at any pint, lead me astray. In my opinion, Lee had ...

• Word Count: 1048
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She grew up to become a brilliant woman and became famous for her work To Kill a Mockingbird. Critics say that Lee based the character of Dill, an extremely imaginative young boy on Capote. ... Included in the guest list were prominent figures in the arts, sciences, politics, and high society. ...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School