... father, a liberal Alabama lawyer and statesman who frequently defended African Americans within the racially prejudiced Southern legal system. Scout and her brother Jem are raised by their father and by Calpurnia, an African-American housekeeper who works for the family. Scout and Jem meet and befriend seven-year-old Dill Harris, a boy who has arrived in Maycomb to stay with his aunt for ... the summer. Lee has stated that the character of Dill is based on young Truman Capote, a well-known Southern writer and childhood friend ... as subjects of history, reduced to mere objects who are ...

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