Kill a mockingbird
- 1. To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
- 2. SETTING OF THE NOVEL Southern United States 1930s Great Depression Prejudice and legal segregation Ignorance
- 3. 1930s - Great Depression began when the stock market crashed in October, 1929 Businesses failed, factories closed People were out of work Even people with money suffered because nothing was being produced for sale. Poor people lost their homes, were forced to live off the land.
- 4. Racial prejudice was alive & well. Although slavery had ended in 1864, old ideas were slow to change.
- 6. Gender Bias (Prejudice) Women were considered weak Women were generally not educated for occupations outside the home In wealthy families, women were expected to oversee the servants and entertain guests Men not considered capable of nurturing children
- 7. White trash Poor, uneducated white people who lived on relief lowest social class, even below the poor blacks prejudiced against black people felt the need to put down blacks in order to elevate themselves
- 8. Legal Issues of the 1930s which impact the story Women given the vote in 1920 Juries were MALE and WHITE Fair trial did not include acceptance of a black mans word against a white mans
- 9. Prejudice in the novel Race Gender Handicaps Rich/Poor Age Religion
- 10. Characters Atticus Finch - an attorney whose wife has died, leaving him to raise their two children: -Jem 10-year-old boy -Scout (Jean Louise), 6-year-old girl Tom Robinson a black man accused of raping white girl; he is defended at trial by Atticus
- 11. Point of View First person Story is told by Scout, a 10-year-old girl Harper Lee is actually a woman; Scout represents the author as a little girl although the story is not strictly autobiographical
- 12. Reading the Novel Setting is all important be aware of the where and when as you begin Point of View the novel is shaped by the voice of a young girl who sees the story from a position of na誰ve acceptance Goodness vs. Ignorance (Evil) is an important theme