Reimagining To Kill a Mockingbird

Reimagining To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Austin Sarat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781625340160

Fifty years after the release of the film version of Harper Lee's acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird, this collection of original essays takes a fresh look at a classic text in legal scholarship. The contributors revisit and examine Atticus, Scout, and Jem Finch, their community, and the events that occur there through the interdisciplinary lens of law and humanities scholarship. The readings in this volume peel back the film's visual representation of the many-layered social world of Maycomb, Alabama, offering sometimes counterintuitive insights through the prism of a number of provocative contemporary theoretical and interpretive questions. What, they ask, is the relationship between the subversion of social norms and the doing of justice or injustice? Through what narrative and visual devices are some social hierarchies destabilized while others remain hegemonic? How should we understand the sacrifices characters make in the name of justice, and comprehend their failures in achieving it? Asking such questions casts light on the film's eccentricities and internal contradictions and suggests the possibility of new interpretations of a culturally iconic text. The book examines the context that gave meaning to the film's representation of race and how debates about family, community, and race are played out and reframed in law. Contributors include Colin Dayan, Thomas L. Dumm, Susan Sage Heinzelman, Linda Ross Meyer, Naomi Mezey, Imani Perry, and Ravit Reichman.

Readings on To Kill a Mockingbird

Readings on To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Terry O'Neill
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781565105768

Edited and abridged with a view towards the comprehension levels of young adults, these 14 contributions explore the literary techniques, social issues, and character development of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The contributions present differing and conflicting interpretations of the various issues raised by the novel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Mockingbird

Mockingbird
Author: Charles J. Shields
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250119456

An extensively revised and updated edition of the bestselling biography of Harper Lee, reframed from the perspective of the recent publication of Lee's Go Set a Watchman To Kill a Mockingbird—the twentieth century's most widely read American novel—has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. In this in-depth biography, first published in 2006, Charles J. Shields brings to life the woman who gave us two of American literature's most unforgettable characters, Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. Years after its initial publication—with revisions throughout the book and a new epilogue—Shields finishes the story of Harper Lee's life, up to its end. There's her former agent getting her to transfer the copyright for To Kill a Mockingbird to him, the death of Lee's dear sister Alice, a fuller portrait of Lee’s editor, Tay Hohoff, and—most vitally—the release of Lee's long-buried first novel and the ensuing public devouring of what has truly become the book of the year, if not the decade: Lee's Go Set a Watchman.

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Save Time Summaries Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781492727132

SAVE TIME & UNDERSTAND MORE! WARNING: This is not the actual book To Kill a Mockingbird by Nelle Harper Lee. Do not buy this Study Guide, Summary & Analysis if you are looking for a full copy of this classic book.Instead, our expert literary critic has already read To Kill a Mockingbird and pulled out the key characters, events, and action points to give you a comprehensive chapter-by-chapter summary and review guide in a clear, concise, easy-to-understand format. Because of its retrospective narrative style, To Kill a Mockingbird is precocious and funny, satiric and wise. Scout's commentary and understanding of her bewilderment at six years old make for unique storytelling that is irresistible to any reader.This 30-minute review guide is both entertaining and jam-packed with information. It conveniently lays out all of the book's hidden gems: plot points you might miss, symbols that only become obvious on a second or third read-through, and themes that affect your understanding of the story. You'll be guided through every twist & turn of Harper Lee's classic novel, giving you a deeper analysis of this classic work of American literature while helping you rise to the top of the class. What else is included?1) Character Reference Guide2) Plot Summary3) Analysis of Themes & Motifs 4) Discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird's Legacy & Impact Many students use this summary to cram for an exam, of course. But most students first read a chapter of the full book, and then they read the corresponding section in our guide. Regardless, this is your map when you're deep in the intricate sub-plots and fascinating imagery of To Kill a Mockingbird. You'll see the book in a whole new way. STUDY GUIDE, SUMMARY & ANALYSIS OF HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD -- NELLE HARPER LEE To Kill A Mockingbird is as tenacious and headstrong as the woman who wrote the book. Despite being banned in several counties throughout the years (or perhaps because of it), the book's charm and timeless values shine through, winning countless awards and being recognized worldwide and by readers of all ages as one of America's greatest contributions to literature. Harper Lee won the admiration of millions by weaving a story about human dignity standing alongside disgrace, in the unforgettable voice of childhood innocence. At the time of the book's publication, the United States was experiencing an explosion of the same racial tensions that Scout and Jem witnessed during their youth in the 1930s. Racial prejudice and injustice were rampant. Those who thought differently and stood up for change were, like Atticus, facing the narrow and rigid thinking handed down from former generations-vulnerable and exposed to attack . . . and sometimes they, too, were alone. The American South was once again in the midst of a violent transition not completely dissimilar to that of the Civil War and Reconstruction. This book was a product of its time, and many of its elements, from the description of the town's dominant mentality to the treatment of Tom Robinson, were drawn from reality. Consequently, the book was a sensation (sensational, almost, due to being banned in certain districts), and it remains a work beloved among free thinkers. FROM START-TO-FINISH IN JUST 30 MINUTES!If you're reading To Kill a Mockingbird for personal enjoyment, this study guide will help you get the most from Nelle Harper Lee's novel. For serious students of literature, this guide will make sure you miss nothing!

To Kill a Mockingbird (MAXNotes Literature Guides)

To Kill a Mockingbird (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
Author: Anita Price Davis
Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0738665428

REA's MAXnotes for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.

What was the Mockingbird's Song?

What was the Mockingbird's Song?
Author: Leslie Erin Cook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2019
Genre: Fathers and daughters in literature
ISBN:

The publication of Go Set a Watchman, a companion piece to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, problematizes many of the accepted readings of the canonical text. This 'new' novel is actually the initial manuscript of the 'old' classic Harper Lee submitted to her publisher in 1957. In this iteration, readers find 26-year-old Jean Louise and 72-year-old Atticus at odds over the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The father does not believe that the Supreme Court has the right to legislate integration for the individual states, and works to keep NAACP lawyers out of Maycomb. His daughter is shocked and appalled by her father's choices, believing them to be in contradiction to the egalitarian philosophy in which Atticus has raised her. Jean Louise is thus forced to differentiate herself from her father and come to her own conclusions - in the process learning that the self-awareness and autonomy necessary to do so were in fact her father's most valuable bequests to her. So then, Scout was first envisioned as a young woman on the cusp of the Civil Rights' Movement, struggling to break free from the more backward aspects of her Southern heritage, and Atticus was a respected patriarch who had fulfilled his purpose in enabling his child to grow and evolve beyond him.This thesis will argue that the existence of Go Set a Watchman demands a reanalysis of To Kill a Mockingbird. It will assert that, although a great deal about the plot and details of the story changed in the revisions and re-writings that would take Harper Lee from Watchman to Mockingbird, the essence of her characters did not. The Atticus we encounter in Mockingbird remains an imperfect man, shaped by his environment, and incapable of saving his beloved Maycomb from its darker proclivities or from the frighteningly different future toward which it is hurtling. Atticus Finch saves no one in Mockingbird because he is no more capable of it in 1935 than he was in 1957. It is Scout's ability to change and grow which offers hope for the future of the South and will take the next generation into a better world, not the hero worship of a clearly flawed Atticus which has become the focus of most scholarship on Mockingbird. With this in mind, it is necessary to consider some of the major changes that take place between drafts of the Finch family's story and determine why they might have changed and how they serve to further the uniting theme of Scout's autonomy. In sum, the changes serve mostly to accentuate Atticus's failure as the hero, while at the same time highlighting his success as a father empowering his child to grow beyond him, thus re-centering Scout in the narrative.

To Kill A Mockingbird (ENHANCED eBook)

To Kill A Mockingbird (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Marjorie Stelmach
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 75
Release: 1990-09-01
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 1429108681

This is an idea book. It was designed for you, the literature teacher, as a time-saver that brings together key ideas, background information, and suggestions for teaching the novel successfully. Choose from the suggestions in the book to suit your style; adapt and expand on activities as they suit your students. Above all, this book is meant to be a tool to assist you in intensifying your students' involvement with the text and with the way literature helps to make sense of