Background of To Kill A Mockingbird
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- Created on: 03-08-13 15:42
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- Background of To Kill A Mockingbird
- Harper Lee's Life
- Father-Lee's farther was a lawyer just as Atticus was in the book
- Monroeville- Lee grew up in a sleepy small town called Monroeville which was like Maycombe in many ways
- Truman Capote- Truman was one of lee's best friends and was inspiration for the charatcer of Dill
- KKK was around when Lee was young
- Scottsboro Trials
- Similarities
- both accused of ****
- both defendants were black americans
- both accusers were white americans
- Differences
- there were 9 defendants but in the book there was one
- there was 2 accusers but in the book there was 1
- Similarities
- Prejudice
- racial devision
- black americans would never win a court case over white americans
- a lot of society was not nice to black Americans and this is shown many times through the book
- slavery was still considered ok by many
- Wall Street Crash
- The American stock market had fallen
- caused great depression
- southern states were impacted most as they relied on farming. this is communicated in the book through atticus saying farmers were hardest hit
- Social Class System
- social hierachy was a big part of american life
- black americans were bottom of the social class system
- Why Is The Book important?
- highlights many aspects of 1930's america
- shows what life was like through the unique view of a child
- gives us an insight into the life of black americans
- Harper Lee's Life
- Father-Lee's farther was a lawyer just as Atticus was in the book
- The scottsboro trials were the trials of 9 young Black Americans that were accused of ****** two White Women. They happened in 1931 when scout was 5 and many similarities and differences can be found between these trials and the trial of Tom Robinson in the book
- Scottsboro Trials
- Similarities
- both accused of ****
- both defendants were black americans
- both accusers were white americans
- Differences
- there were 9 defendants but in the book there was one
- there was 2 accusers but in the book there was 1
- Similarities
- Scottsboro Trials
- the defendants were mainly young men but in the book he was a grown man
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