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town that Ms. Lee grew up in, Monroeville, Alabama. The history of Monroeville and the way it was in the 1930s makes a reader wonder if Ms. Lee took her hometown and made it the famous small town in the novel. By looking back to the history of Monroeville’s founding, the way it was in the 1930s, the way it almost mirrors Maycomb and the way it is it today, one can see that Ms. Lee’s used her experiences to create one of the most famous towns in literature. Monroeville, Alabama is located between

On February 7, 2015, there was a shooting in the Monroeville Mall in Monroeville, Pennsylvania where only three people were taken to the hospital for treatment for gunshot wounds. Luckily, nobody was pronounced dead, but the two men (one was the intended target) were in critical condition. The woman who was also shot was in stable condition. Police officials told the reporters that the shooter, seventeen year old, Tarod Thornhill had an intended target when he entered the mall (Associated Press,

Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel takes place during the depression in Alabama with the main character, Scout, viewing her lawyer father, Atticus, defending a wrongly accused black man of rape. The reader gets to understand Scout’s childhood view of this controversial situation. Scout’s character in to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is really the author’s own life playing out in the novel, which is most likely why this novel

aspects of her novel. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the author includes her hometown, a childhood friend, the fight on racism, and a court case to sneak her personal life into her novel. Author, Harper Lee, was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee was the youngest of four children and was a tom boy in her younger years. Her father was a lawyer and

others the way they are. Compassion and forgiveness are perceptible in this book and appreciable things like Camellias, and Red Geraniums can represent such strong emotions. The author of his novels was Harper Lee. Lee was born April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, the youngest of four children (three girls and a boy) born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Francis Cunningham Finch Lee (Shmoop). For most of Lee 's life, her mother suffered from mental illness, rarely leaving the house. It is believed that

Childhood friendship is the most beautiful memory that can't be replaced. The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a story about how a young black man was put on trial for being accused of raping a girl who lived a poor life. This story is written in the eyes of scout finch, a smart young girl who doesn't have much fear. The story takes place in a small town called Maycomb during the Great Depression. This story has a sad moment with a happy ending. The story “A Christmas Memory”, by Truman

“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee, 98). Ever since its publication, Harper Lee’s novel has been read by millions worldwide. Its perspectives on racism and empathy have been reviewed, criticized, and analyzed by every demographic. But there is the ever present question: what, in essence, does Harper Lee mean when she declares it a sin to kill a mockingbird? Though she reveals that it is a sin because they are innocent, what is

Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. She died February 19, 2016 and was buried in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. She was a successful writer who influenced many while she was alive and even after she died. Her two published books were successful, especially her pulitzer prize winner To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper was a very humble and wise woman who withheld many of the characteristics her main character Atticus had in her novel. It's said that her pulitzer prize

Bailey Bohrer Ms. Bucksbarg Writing 101 September 7, 2017 McMillian’s Mockingbird Prayer Many people believe the titles of names of places, people, or books have little to no meaning, I can argue there is a reason behind every single capitalized letter and chapter title and every person’s name. In the common read, Just Mercy we can truly test this theory. Throughout the introduction and sixteen chapters that follow, the amount of emotion and strategically placed names of each chapter depict a strong

helped shaped the way that people felt during the Civil Right’s movement in the sixties, and even the way that people felt in the past few years about the racial injustices going on in our world. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama to Amasa Coleman (A.C) Lee and Francis Cunningham Finch Lee. Lee was the youngest of four children, and her father was a lawyer, and her mother was said to have suffered from a type of mental illness, and rarely ever left the house. Lee