To-Kill-a-Mockingbird

ToKillaMockingbirdIntroductionToKillaMockingbirdisanovelbyHarperLeepublishedin1960.Itwasimmediatelysuccessful,winningthePulitzerPrize,andhasbecomeaclassicofmodernAmericanliterature.Althoughitwaswrittenin1960itissetinthemid-1930sinthesmalltownofMaycomb,Alabama.ThenovelisaboutthreeyearsinthelifeoftheFinchfamily:AtticusandhissonJemanddaughterScout.Atticusisalawyerandthecentralincidentofthenoveliswhenhedefendsablackman,TomRobinson,againstthechargeofrapingawhitegirl.ThestoryistoldinthefirstpersonbyScoutFinch,ayounggirl.AuthorHarperLeewriterwhose1961novelToKillaMockingbirdbecameadefiningtextof20th-centuryliteratureandofracialtroublesintheAmericandeepsouth.BorninMonroeville,Alabama,in1926.Andgrewupunderthestressesofsegregation.LikeJewandScout,herfatherwasalawyer.Shehasdiedattheageof89inMonroeville,Alabama.PlotCharacterRelationshipsScoutFinchisthedaughterofAtticusFinch.AtomboyUnprejudicedLoyaltoherfamilyRetrospectivenarratorCharactersAtticusFinchalawyerandthesinglefatherofScoutandJemCourageous.Tolerant.TheconscienceofMaycombBooRadleyisaneighbouroftheFinchfamily.Reclusive.Fearedbymany.Kind.heisareclusewhowasemotionallydamagedbyhiscruelfather.Mr.Radleypreferredtoshutuphissonthansendhimtoanindustrialschoolasapunishmentforschoolboypranks.Hisolderbrother,Nathan,tookoverwhenhisfatherdied.ThemesSymbolsButtorememberitwasasintokillamockingbird.Well,Ireckonbecausemockingbirdsdon'tdoanythingbutmakemusicforustoenjoy.Theydon'teatpeople'sgardens,don'tnestinthecorncrib,theydon'tdoonethingbutjustsingtheirheartsoutforus.但他让我记住，杀死知更鸟是一种罪过。也许是因为知更鸟会给我们带来优美的音乐，它们从来不在人们的花园觅食，也不在玉米地筑巢，它们就这样一心一意给我们唱歌。ThankYou