Author Biography Harper Lee, born April 28 in 1926, is an American author mainly known for her one and only novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". ... The third significant event happens when the judge declares Tom guilty, and later that day he is shot and killed because he tried to run. Then, Bob Ewel attempts to attack Scout and Jem, but is fought off and killed by Boo Radley. ... Foray: noun; a sudden, short attack; "Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm, and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.... He wants to...

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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story of the coming of age of two children who begin to realize the cruelty of people in the world. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age as Scout and Jem encounter the problems brought upon by the attitudes of the elders and peers during the ongoing of the trial. ... Sometimes I did not understand him but my periods of bewilderment were short lived. ... In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird there are two discussed opinions of how to treat other people. ... The effects of the Great Depression are evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingb...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Even though To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize Award, the Alabama Library Association Book Award, and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the novel still receives shouts of criticism because of its "immorality" and "racist attributes" (Karolides et al.). Banning To Kill a Mockingbird gave southerners the excuse to avoid hearing a part of American society they did not want to hear. ... Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. ... For example, Richard Connell's short st...

• Word Count: 2168
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In a novel such as To Kill a Mockingbird, it is hard to sympathize with any characters due to the animosity and racial tension between the Maycomb inhabitants. ... Tom Robinson's left hand is 12 inches shorter than his right hand. ... They are aiming to kill him rather than aiming to stop him, only because he is black. ... The novel To Kill a Mockingbird proves that one can be worthy of sympathy even with mistakes they make and their human imperfections....

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• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... This implies that Aunt Alexandra is prejudice towards Calpurnia and that her shortness and the tone that she projects to the reader suggests this. There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout ...

• Word Count: 1707
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• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... This implies that Aunt Alexandra is prejudice towards Calpurnia and that her shortness and the tone that she projects to the reader suggests this. There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School