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From: Explicator[(essay date summer 2003) In the following essay, Champion explicates the symbolic use of the terms "right" and "left" in To Kill a Mockingbird, arguing that "right" in the novel symbolizes virtue, while "left"...
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From: Indian Studies in American FictionTo Kill a Mockingbird is quite an ambiguous title, the infinitive leaving a wide scope for a number of adverbial queries—how, when, where, and, of course, why—all leading to intriguing speculation and suspense. One is...
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From: Southern Cultures[(essay date summer 2000) In the following essay, Crespino examines popular and critical responses to the representation of race and justice in To Kill a Mockingbird between the years 1960 and 2000.] Contemporary...
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From: Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints[In the following excerpt, May looks at the history of censorship attempts on To Kill a Mockingbird, which came in two onslaughts—the first from conservatives, the second from liberals.] The critical career of To Kill...
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From: Mississippi QuarterlyAunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing anything that...
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From: Michigan Law Review[(essay date May 1999) In the following essay, Althouse responds to the essay "Reconstructing Atticus Finch," by Steven Lubet. Althouse argues that Atticus is a model lawyer in the sense that he maintains the same high...
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From: Readings on "To Kill a Mockingbird"[(essay date 1996) In the following essay, originally published online in 1996 as "Symbolism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird," Smykowski analyzes Lee's use of symbolism to explore issues of racism in the novel.]...
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From: The New York TimesDavid Guterson has been away from home for only two hours, but when he walks into the kitchen of his shingle-style bungalow, telephone messages line the door frame. An editor from People magazine has called. A...
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From: North Carolina Literary Review[(essay date 2015) In the following interview, conducted in March 2014, Truong comments on her relationship with “both Souths,” referencing South Vietnam and the American South, and discusses how her experiences with...
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From: Alabama Law Review[(essay date 1994) In the following essay, Shaffer analyzes To Kill a Mockingbird as “a story about how children are taught the virtues.” Quoted material in this essay has been removed due to copyright restrictions.]...
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From: On Harper Lee: Essays and Reflections[(essay date 2007) In the following essay, Early examines how To Kill a Mockingbird illuminates “the South as a construction of the white southern mind.”] I It might be said that no American geographical location has...
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From: Lovers and Beloveds: Sexual Otherness in Southern Fiction, 1936-1961[(essay date 2005) In the following excerpted essay, Richards examines sexuality in Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, suggesting that the novel--probably unintentionally--subverts heterosexual norms through a lack of...
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From: English Journal[(essay date October 1963) In the following excerpt, Schuster comments on the theme and structure of To Kill a Mockingbird.] Students enjoy reading To Kill A Mockingbird, but my experience has been that their...
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From: English Journal[(essay date November 2002) In the following essay, Jolley discusses her approach to teaching To Kill a Mockingbird to high school students in conjunction with the study of poetry treating themes of courage and...
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From: Michigan Law Review[(essay date May 1999) In the following essay, Atkinson responds to the essay "Reconstructing Atticus Finch," by Steven Lubet. Atkinson argues that, taking To Kill a Mockingbird on its own "childishly simplistic" moral...
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From: Mississippi Quarterly[(essay date winter 1996-97) In the following essay, Shackelford compares To Kill a Mockingbird with its film adaptation in terms of representations of gender. Shackelford argues that, while the book's female narrator...
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From: The Southern Quarterly[(essay date 1996) In the following essay, Jones emphasizes Atticus’s heroism and describes him as the protagonist of the novel.] One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. May Sarton In...
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From: Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults[(essay date 1990) In the following essay, Esselman describes Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as a vivid, sensitive portrait of the South that deals with themes of racism, justice, and maturation.] About the Author Nelle...
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From: Race & Class[(essay date July-September 2003) In the following essay, Saney discusses the media's response to the 1996 banning of To Kill a Mockingbird from the standard curricula of public schools in Nova Scotia.] For many years...
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From:Twentieth-Century Young Adult WritersHarper Lee's only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and established her place in young adult literature. Universal themes of justice, compassion, racism, and family love enrich this...