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BY HARPER LEE
1930’s, middle of
Fictional town of Typical small
the Great
Maycomb, Alabama southern town
Depression
Scout (Jean Louise Finch)- Narrator Boo Radley (Arthur Radley ) – Mysterious Neighbor
Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch)- Scout's older brother and Atticus's son. Tom Robinson – on trial for being accused of rape, defended by
Atticus
Atticus Finch - Scout and Jem's father Calpurnia – The Finch family’s maid
Morality Innocence
Symbols to
Look For
Mad Dog
Mockingbird
Camellias (Flowers)
Knothole
From the Back Cover
of the Book:
Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor
and injustice in the deep south—and the heroism of one
man in the face of blind and violent hatred