The Influences of To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee is a famous author who wrote the award winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She grew up in the heart of Alabama and tied in many aspects of her southern childhood into the novel. There are historical and biological influences in the book To Kill a Mockingbird that reflect Lee’s life and the society around her during the 1930s. As an example, many people have compared characters from To Kill a Mockingbird to real-life individuals in Lee’s hometown
Harper Lee Harper Lee is an American author, Lee is the daughter of a lawyer/owner of a newspaper. She was the author of one major novel, yet that novel has had more influence on the country than most authors work combined. What influenced Harper Lee to write such an amazing book? Harper lee was influenced by her experiences to write "To Kill A Mockingbird" because of her father, her hometown, and what she observed in her community First, Harper Lee was influenced by her experiences
Nelle Harper Lee is a very well-known author, who earned fame from her book, To Kill a Mockingbird. This book was so well-written that she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. To Kill a Mockingbird is admired by many people, so it is reasonable to think that the book was inspired by life experiences. To make a book of such strong emotion, Harper Lee must have experienced some of that emotion herself. Harper Lee’s early life must have inspired her to write To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee grew up
novels from history is not uncommon. Harper Lee does this in her historical fiction novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. The setting of the book is the 1930s, because this was an important decade of change for America. Harper Lee utilized cultural parallels between important historical events and ideas in To Kill A Mockingbird to show the hardships of the 1930s that influenced corruption of the human mindset. One of the largest, and most crippling events of the 1930s was the Great Depression. Preceded by
HARPER LEE'S VIEW OF THE 1930'S AS A CHILD Harper Lee is well known for her great contributions towards modern society through her astounding book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is read world-wide, in high schools and colleges because of its in-depth look at the social classes in the south during the 1930's. The book was influenced by society, in particular the social order of the south during her childhood. Lee grew up during this time of controversy which is why she writes so passionately about
Harper Lee's ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ explores the prejudicial issues which plague over the town Maycomb. Harper Lee uses the trial of Tom Robinson a black man accused of rape on a young white girl, Mayella as a central theme to portray the prominence of racial discrimination in Maycomb. The racial prejudice is also widely shown through the characterisation of Atticus. Having Scout as the narrator allows Harper Lee to highlight the gender inequity through a youthful unbiased perspective. The chauvinistic
To Kill a Mockingbird: How a Story could be based on True Events in Everyday LifeDaisy GaskinsCoastal Pines Technical College Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father was a former newspaper editor and proprietor, who had served as a state senator and practiced as a lawyer in Monroeville. Also Finch was known as the maiden name of Lee’s mother. With that being said Harper Lee became a writer like her father, but she became a American writer, famous for her race relations novel “To
Racism was extremely prominent throughout the 1900s and for some, is still an issue today. It is the discrimination of blacks and the idea of making them feel less than or inferior, that causes social injustices. In the past, court systems have bent the law if it meant that blacks would get punished, even if they were in complete innocence. Since then, social justice has been promoted in an attempt to display equality to all colors. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the theme of
describe life in the 20th century, life in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, a book focused on all of the above topics and an attempt of coming over them. When Harper Lee constructed the fictitious trial of Tom Robinson, it was largely based off the trial of the Scottsboro Boys. In the novel, Atticus has the job defending Tom Robinson and trying to help him escape the consequences of a crime he never committed. For years on end, there was an abundance of racial injustice bestowed on people of color.
Racism and Prejudice A person’s childhood can really affect the way they see the world. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is highly influenced by the life she lived as a little girl. She grew up in the small town of Monroeville, Alabama. She was born there in 1926 and recently passed away in February of 2016 (Lee). Harper Lee’s real name was Nelle (Nail), but everyone calls her Harper because she opted for Nelle to be left off of her first novel. Her parents named her after her grandmother