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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Puzzle Pack
42,000 words, approx. 140 pages
A complete lesson plan by Teacher's Pet. For Grade 10, Grade 8, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Focus on Reading Study Guide)
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Author Biography

Name: Harper Lee
Variant Name: Nelle Harper Lee
Birth Date: April 28, 1926
Place of Birth: Monroeville, Alabama, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Harper Lee
2782 words, approx. 9.3 pages
As a child, Harper Lee was "a rough 'n' tough tomboy.... She had short, cropped hair, wore coveralls, went barefoot, and could talk mean like a boy," according to Marianne M. Moates in A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote's Southern Years. Known as Nelle...
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Biography of Harper Lee
2081 words, approx. 6.9 pages
Harper Lee's reputation as an author rests on her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). An enormous popular success, the book was selected for distribution by the Literary Guild and the Bookof- the-Month Club and was published in a shortened version...
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Biography of (Nelle) Harper Lee
1942 words, approx. 6.5 pages
Harper Lee's reputation as an author rests on her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). An enormous popular success, the book was selected for distribution by the Literary Guild and the Book-of-the-Month Club and was published in a shortened version...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
695 words, approx. 2 pages
Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird gives an accurate reflection of race relations in the Southern United States during the 1930s. The novel, set around a single-father family in small-town Alabama, contains a vast array of symbolism to...
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - 1960 Summary
9,083 words, approx. 30 pages
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - 1960 Introduction To Kill a Mockingbird is the Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of prejudice in a small Alabama town. The novel was published in 1960 as the civil rights movement was gathering momentum and is set...
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To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
3,876 words, approx. 13 pages
To Killa Mockingbird by Harper Lee Adescendant of the renowned Southern general Robert E. Lee, (Nelle) Harper Lee was born in 1926 to Frances Finch Lee and Amasa Coleman, a lawyer. She lived with her family in the small Alabama town of Monroeville....
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To Kill a Mockingbird Information
11,000 words, approx. 37 pages
<i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Due to the multiple themes addressed in the novel, it has the genre characteristics of a bildungsroman and a Southern gothic. Upon its release, it became...


News and Journals
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Reuters North American News Service
'Mockingbird' author, black leader win U.S. medals
11/5/2007: 393 words, approx. 1 pages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor Monday to two figures in the push for racial equality: former NAACP leader Benjamin Hooks and "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee. Hooks and Lee received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in...
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Plummer to star as Caesar at Stratford
8/21/2007: 264 words, approx. 1 pages
George Bernard Shaw will join William Shakespeare next season at the Stratford Festival of Canada, with Christopher Plummer starring as Julius Caesar in a revival of Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra."Appearing opposite Plummer as a young queen of the Nile will be Anika Noni Rose, who...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Patrick Chura
11,736 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Chura discusses the representation of race and justice in To Kill a Mockingbird in the historical context of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s.
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Critical Essay by Steven Lubet
11,389 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Lubet questions the standard perception of Atticus Finch as a role model for lawyers. Lubet provides an analysis of the trial portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird from the perspective of today's legal defense methods and ethics, particularly in regard to rape trials.
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Critical Essay by Joseph Crespino
7,478 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Crespino examines popular and critical responses to the representation of race and justice in To Kill a Mockingbird between the years 1960 and 2000.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
To Kill a Mockingbird, Literary Analysis
4,385 words, approx. 15 pages
Provides a literary analysis of "To Kill a Mockingbird," a novel by Harper Lee. Details the plot. Analyzes quotes from the text.
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Essay Grade: 86%
An Examination of Character Relationships in To Kill a Mocking Bird
2,667 words, approx. 9 pages
Evaluates the relationships between major characters in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird. Discusses the various types of conflicts experienced between the characters and discusses how this affects the plot of the novel.
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Essay Grade: 87%
Summary of Chapters 1-31 of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
2,590 words, approx. 9 pages
Essay provides a summary of Chapters 1-31 of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
 


To Kill a Mockingbird Study Pack

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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