![]() ![]() It offers her an opportunity to listen to the sometimes-poisonous gossip (Lee, 1960, p. This is the calm before the storm, however, with the missionary circle’s almost surreally disconnected tea party that Scout is drawn into to teach her to be a young lady. He also theorizes about Boo Radley’s motivations for staying shut up in his house (Lee, 1960, p. There is plenty of time for Atticus to explain the criminal justice system, and why no one “like us” shows up on juries, as Jem wonders (Lee, 1960, p. The summer passes with an uneasy sense of threat from Ewell (Lee, 1960, p. This unshaken conviction that Atticus has done his best is also supported by the gifts in kind which the African-American community leaves at the Finch home (Lee, 1960, p. This is evidenced by the way Scout and Jem are prodded to rise in respect, along with all the African-Americans in attendance in the balcony (Lee, 1960, p. Nonetheless, Atticus is recognized by the African-American community as having done a masterful job in defending Robinson. The trial of Tom Robinson, which showcases the venal, mendacious, and violent tendencies of the Ewell family, especially Bob Ewell, is unsuccessful in vindicating Robinson. In the final section of the novel, these points come to a dramatic culmination. She was admired by her fellow townsfolk for her writing and her bravery in articulating the poisonous atmosphere of racism (Life Magazine, 1961). There were mysterious and shuttered homes in her neighborhood, and doubtless racial tensions. Her father was a local lawyer, a lean and lanky man very well represented by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie. Harper Lee grew up in a town very like the setting of the novel. She wants readers to think about how they treat others, whether of different race, or mental ability, or style of learning, or any other difference that does no harm to the rest of us, exactly like the harmless mockingbird. She clearly has seen, in her own life, the worst of racism, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, as well as the best of integrity and upright behavior in a variety of people. The writer images his own father and childhood friends in some characters ![]() ![]() Much of Harper Lee's childhood is reflected in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Need for a Human and Holistic Approach to Education,īob attacks the scout and Jem. ![]()
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