... a role model of moral virtue and impeccable character for lawyers to emulate. To Kill a Mockingbird has endured as a mainstay on high school and college reading lists. It was adapted to film in 1962 as a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck. Plot and Major Characters To Kill a Mockingbird is set ... 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. Together with Dill ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... racial discrimination. This is emphasised in Mockingbird during the trial of Tom Robinson of which Atticus is the appointed lawyer. This political relationship is ridiculed by the residents of Maycomb County as they believe that Tom, being an African American, is not entitled to a fair trial. One resident states, "You know the court appointed him [Atticus] to defend this nigger," and ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... " attention to the injustices that occurred in the Nineteen thirties and to further explore the themes of the novel. Harper Lee's extract imparts the danger portended in a scene outside the County jail between the lynch mob and an African-American, Tom Cunningham. Atticus, the Negroes" lawyer attempts to rid the intruders away, when his children appear in the scene. Scout, the ... ...

• Word Count: 1109
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate