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  2. Sep 9, 2024 · The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird was reportedly inspired in part by his unsuccessful defense of two African American men—a father and a son—accused of murdering a white storekeeper. The fictional character of Charles Baker (“Dill”) Harris also has a real-life counterpart.

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963. The book's racial slurs, profanity, and frank discussion of rape have led people to challenge its appropriateness in libraries and classrooms across the United States.

    • Harper Lee
    • 1960
  4. Jul 10, 2015 · It told, in an elliptical and poetical and roundabout way, the coming-of-age story of a motherless little Alabama white girl whose daddy, a country lawyer, defies Depression-era social convention...

  5. A short summary of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of To Kill a Mockingbird.

    • Harper Lee
    • 1960
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of the young narrator’s passage from innocence to experience when her father confronts the racist justice system of the rural, Depression-era South. In witnessing the trial of Tom Robinson, a Black man unfairly accused of rape, Scout, the narrator, gains insight into her town, her family, and herself.

  7. To Kill a Mockingbird, Novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960. It is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Ala., during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent and unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel.

  8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is famous for being a well-told story that exposes the evils of discrimination and cruelty in a masterful narration from a child’s perspective. To Kill a Mockingbird‘s 1962 film adaptation with the same title also helped make the novel more famous.

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