Setting
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, a town so small and insular that, according to Scout, her father is […]
Month: January 2009
Themes and Characters
The central Characters of To Kill a Mockingbird are Jean Louise (Scout), Jeremy Atticus (Jem), and Atticus Finch. Scout, precocious and outspoken, possesses a quick […]
Literary Qualities
Lee neatly structures her novel around a dual plot and dual Themes; the novel is evenly divided into two parts. In her graceful, understated style, […]
Social Sensitivity
To Kill a Mockingbird is about two deeply disturbing subjects: r-a-p-e and racism. Lee addresses both subjects with grave sensitivity. The details regarding Mayella Ewell’s […]
Topics for Discussion
1. Scout describes her father’s first law case in this way: “His first two clients were the last two persons hanged in the Maycomb County […]
Ideas for Reports and Papers, Adaptations
Ideas for Reports and Papers 1. When Aunt Alexandria forbids Scout to associate with Walter Cunningham because she considers him “trash,” Scout and Jem have […]
About the Author
Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. His father was an unprosperous shop keeper, his mother a head housekeeper […]
Setting
Geographically the story is confined to a small area near the Thames River in South Kensington, a suburb of London; it is the shift in […]
Themes and Characters
The human Characters at the start of the story represent some of the types of people with whom Wells himself interacted. Each of these Characters-editor, […]