| The author of To Kill a Mockingbird who grew up in Alabama, lived in New York, and became a recluse after the success of her book | Harper Lee |
| The story was loosely based on… | Lee’s experiences growing up in Alabama |
| The book was published in what year? | 1960 |
| What is the genre of the book? | Courtroom Drama/Social Protest/Historical Fiction |
| What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird? | Maycomb, Alabama in the years 1933-1935 |
| The Narrator | Scout Finch |
| Part I of the Story | The Reclusive Boo Radley |
| Part II of the Story | The Trial of Tom Robinson |
| Themes of the story include… | racism, unfair judgement, social structures, sympathy and understanding, moral nature of man, childhood innocence, human capacity of good and evil, and moral education vs academic education |
| Symbolizes the innocence and kind nature of individuals | Mockingbird |
| Narrator and protagonist, intelligent and tough, loses some of her innocence throughout the novel, she sees that not all people are good | Scout Finch |
| Scout and Jem’s father, widowed, a respected lawyer | Atticus Finch |
| Scout’s brother, four years older than Scout, grows away from imaginative games as novel progresses, guards Scout | Jem Finch |
| Loosely based on Truman Capote, Summer Friend of Scout and Jem, confident and imaginative | Dill Harris |
| Dill’s real name… | Charles Baker Harris |
| Reclusive neighbor of Scout and Jem, Product of an abusive childhood family, symbolically a mockingbird, an innocent boy torn down by others | Boo Radley |
| Has a generous nature and responsibility in contrast to the lies and irresponsibility of people who accused him of breaking the law | Tom Robinson |
To Kill a Mockingbird Guided Notes
January 27, 2020