To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Overview

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Contributed by Sharon Fleming

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Overview

Author

Harper Lee

Year Published

1960

Type

Novel

Genre

Tragedy

Perspective and Narrator

To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated in Scout Finch's point of view; in the first person. As the novel starts, Scout, a six-year-old tomboy girl is living in Great Depression-era Alabama. She gives her opinion about the relations in the Maycomb community, both social and racial relations. Her innocence adds quality and tenderness to the story, and she provides enough information to the readers though she does not understand exactly what is going on around her. Her level of understanding is enough to make someone interpret the situation. The novel, in spite of being in the first person, is written in past tense.

Tense

Past

About the Title

Although To Kill a Mockingbird does not have a direct interpretation, Mockingbird symbolizes innocence.

Diagrams

Character Map

Timeline

Plot Diagram

Summary

This study guide offers a comprehensive perspective on and analysis into Harper Lee's classic work, To Kill a Mockingbird. Discover Studypool's infographics, in-depth chapter summaries, literary analyses, thematic overviews, and commentary which allows students and educators quick and thorough accessibility into the different aspects of this influential work.

Characters

Scout

Jem

Atticus

Calpurnia

Boo Radley

Dill

Bob Ewell

Tom Robinson

Context