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  1. Apr 15, 2024 · To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel. She is raised with her brother, Jeremy Atticus (“Jem”), by their widowed ...

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  2. Aubrie Sandoval, WriterSeptember 29, 2019. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ was written by Harper Lee in the 1960s about racism in a small Alabama town in the 1930s. It highlights the disparity of how society treats different races and the negativity that surrounded defending a black person in and out of court. The story is not limited to just one ...

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · A work like “To Kill a Mockingbird” is always a tricky endeavor, setting the tone just right to avoid being preachy and yet not shying away from the evils that frame this tale, Desert ...

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  5. 3 days ago · “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of the most-read literary works in American history with over 30 million copies sold. The book has been cited for its influence on the civil rights movement, and the character of Atticus Finch has been lauded as the model father, as well as possessing the integrity and temperament for which all lawyers should ...

  6. Apr 4, 2024 · Lee’s novel, published in 1960, looks back to the 1930’s in Maycomb, Alabama, where Atticus Finch, a small town attorney and widower raising two children, is asked to defend a Black man accused of rape by a white woman. He eventually takes the case, fearing displays of hate, but certain that he can find a common sense of justice in an all ...

  7. 6 days ago · To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan, based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The story follows young Scout Finch and her brother Jem in 1930s Alabama, where their father Atticus defends a black man falsely accused of rape, shedding light on racism and injustice.

  8. Apr 8, 2024 · 0. “To Kill a Mockingbird” star Mary Badham talks about playing one of literature’s most beloved characters upon the paperback release of Go Set a Watchman. by Cerith Mathias. Mary Badham was 9 years old when she played Scout Finch in the 1962 movie adaptation of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a role that she says “changed my life.”.