TKAM Flashcards
(40 cards)
Full name of author
Nelle Harper Lee
birth year/place of author
1926- Monroeville
Lee’s good friend was
Truman Capote
example of Truman Capote’s work
a tree of night , In Cold Blood
TKAM was published in
1960
TKAM won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1961
Harper Lee acted like ______ when she was younger
Scout
Lee’s _____ and _______ had a lot in common
father
Atticus
Lee’s father defended……..
2 black men in court.
TKAM’s time setting
summer 1933 through Halloween night 1935
advantage of a first person narrative
reader is close to narrator
time frame is same to the reader as to the narrator
disadvantages of a first person narrative
you see only one person’s point of view
narrator only tells their idea on a situation; not the right idea or anybody else’s
scout’s _____ nature and ______ add to the story
open
sensibilities
scout _______ events as an adult
re-evaluates
Jem struggles with himself on growing up
character vs. himself
Atticus defending tom robinson and being made fun of
character vs. society
5 themes in the novel
courage prejudice education sight growing up and loss of innocence
2 types of courage
physical and mental
example of physical courage
boo fighting bob Ewell
example of mental courage
atticus taking the case
3 types of prejudice
racism, gender, class
example of racism prejudice
calpurnia uses back door
example of class prejudice
Ewells’ are trash
example of gender prejudice
stop acting like a girl Scout, you’re acting more like one.