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To Kill a Mockingbird
Historical context
- Harper Lee
- Harper Lee was born on the 28th April
1926. She lived in a small town in
Alabama very similar to Maycomb.
Many people argue that To Kill a
Mockingbird has autobiographical
qualities. For example, Lee’s father
was an attorney. Scout’s friend Dill is
assumed to have based on Lee’s
neighbor and childhood friend,
Truman Capote. Boo Radley is based
on a man who lived in Lee’s
neighborhood.
- To Kill A Mockingbird is Lee's
only novel. It was published in
1960, and won a Pulitzer Prize in
1961. Since writing it, the only
things that Lee has published are
short articles in magazines.
- Harper Lee was born on the 28th April
1926. She lived in a small town in
Alabama very similar to Maycomb.
Many people argue that To Kill a
Mockingbird has autobiographical
qualities. For example, Lee’s father
was an attorney. Scout’s friend Dill is
assumed to have based on Lee’s
neighbor and childhood friend,
Truman Capote. Boo Radley is based
on a man who lived in Lee’s
neighborhood.
- The Great Depression
- On Black Tuesday, 29 October 1929, the
stock market crashed. This triggered a
worldwide economic depression; the Great
Depression. It was the worst economic
collapse in the history of the modern
industrial world. It spread from the United
States to the rest of the world, lasting from
the end of 1929 until the early 1940s.
- On Black Tuesday, 29 October 1929, the
stock market crashed. This triggered a
worldwide economic depression; the Great
Depression. It was the worst economic
collapse in the history of the modern
industrial world. It spread from the United
States to the rest of the world, lasting from
the end of 1929 until the early 1940s.
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