Her mother‚ Frances Cunningham Finch Lee‚ was the inspiration for two families’ last names‚ the Cunninghams and the Finches. The setting‚ Maycomb County‚ was loosely based around the town Lee grew up in‚ Monroeville‚ Alabama. Some of the activities that Scout and Jem do‚ like going down to Boo Radley’s house (Lee‚ 71)‚ was something that Lee would do with her siblings. Her father‚ Amasa Lee‚ was a lawyer who defended a black man being accused of rape‚ like
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Marva Collins Marva Collins was born in Monroeville‚ Alabama on August 31‚ 1936. She grew up in a wealthy family‚ and her father was one of the richest black men in town (“Collins‚ Marva‚” 2011). He was extremely supportive of Marva and her younger sister‚ Cynthia. Marva’s father challenged her to use her mind. She was greatly influenced by her father because he gave her “a strong sense of pride and self-esteem” (“Marva Collins Biography”‚ 1992). When Marva was growing up in Atmore‚ Alabama‚ segregation
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September 24‚ 1924‚ in New Orleans‚ LA. Archulus Persons and Lillie May Faulk‚ divorced when he was 4 years old. While his mother and her second husband‚ Joseph Garcia Capote‚ a Cuban-American businessman‚ lived in New York‚ he lived with relatives in Monroeville‚ Alabama (Good). At the time his closest friends were an elderly cousin‚ Miss Sook Faulk‚ and Harper Lee‚ who later went on to write “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Both of the friends appear as characters in Capote’s early fiction. (Truman Capote Biography)
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Section 1 1. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville on April 28‚ 1962. Her family consisted of four siblings. Her father was a lawyer‚ and her mother suffered from a mental illness. Harpers childhood was Truman Cobot. Harper studied law‚ as an exchange student. While she was in school‚ she contributed to the school newspaper. Harper also joined a sorority. 2. Some important factors to consider while reading the book‚ is that now we understand some of the authors background‚ we can connect it to
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Harper Lee was born in Monroeville‚ Alabama on April 28‚ 1926. During this time period a lot of racism was in action‚ the Jim Crow Laws were one of the most major events that Harper Lee had to live through. The Jim Crow Laws are a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against blacks‚ as in public places‚ public vehicles‚ or employment. The majority of the people in her community were racist‚ but Lee knew the ways African Americans were treated just wasn’t right. Her father defended
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physically abused by his father as a child. Dick‚ on the other hand‚ came from more of a normal background. Truman Capote the writer of the book also had a terrible upbringing where he was subjected to abuse himself. Then he was relocated to Monroeville‚ Alabama where he became friendly with Harper Lee‚ who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. She later helped Capote gather facts for his book‚ In Cold Blood‚ the Capote family moved to Greenwich Connecticut where he attended Greenwich High School. Catharine
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However‚ I believe that in the effort of making the book simpler for younger audiences that Mr. Shields has neglected to make the novel more captivating by use of his writing style. For Example on Page 152 when discussing Gregory Peck’s arrival in Monroeville to study his character‚ Atticus‚ in the film adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” the author writes: “After an hour or so of conversation‚ Nelle offered to take Peck on a short tour of the square with a stop-off for lunch. The weather was brisk
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a riveting novel about a family discovering the cruelness of the world. The story is told through the eyes of Jean Louise "Scout" Finch‚ a girl who spends her time running around in overalls and chasing after her older brother Jem. Throughout the course of the novel‚ Scout witnesses the revolting aspects of human nature and learns the answers to questions concerning evilness corrupting the beautiful innocence of a child. Taking place in the small‚ peaceful
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Truman Capote "A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy‚ referred to as "Buddy‚" and his older cousin‚ who is called Sook. The boy grown up is the narrator‚ and his older cousin‚ who is eccentric and childlike‚ is his best friend. They live in Monroeville‚ Alabama with two other cousins‚ who are authoritative and stern‚ and have a dog named Queenie. The family is very poor‚ but Buddy looks forward to Christmas every year nevertheless‚ and he and his elderly cousin save their pennies for this occasion
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growing up because she was the only girl in the family. “Truman Capote‚ famous writer‚ was a close childhood friend of Lee and is thought to have served as the model for Dill in the novel” (Hacht). “After graduating from the public schools of Monroeville‚ Lee attended a small college in nearby Montgomery before attending the University of Alabama” (Telgan 285)‚ and one year at Oxford University in England (Stabler 663). “She studied law after graduating‚ but withdrew one semester before completing
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