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This 5 page paper gives a brief biography on Nelle Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. The book is analyzed for the theme of good versus evil and the loss of innocence. Symbols are explained and exampled. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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other words all I want to be is the Jane Austin of south Alabama..."(Newquist).
In a novel that tells the classic tale of a childs rite of passage to adulthood, Nelle Harper Lee depicts life in a small Alabama town, where a
senseless murder exposes the ugly underbelly of the small unassuming town. (thesis) In To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee seems to be exploring the idea that mankind is a curious blend
of good and evil, one defining the other, and in doing so examines the idea of the moral nature of human beings. This novel serves as a classic testimony to
Lees contribution to the literary world. This landmark novel by Nelle Harper Lee was to be the only novel she would ever write, but it can be said that
the poignant truth was great enough to win her the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, a year after it was published(Montgomery). A very private person, Lee seldom grants interviews or discusses
her work with the public. Perhaps she feels that the book says all there is to be said. Her theme of good being defined by the evil in ones life
and illustrating that we are all a curious mix of devil and divine. During the 1930s, Lee illustrates the tensions that existed between the races. Her character, Atticus Finch agrees
to defend a local black man charged with rape which exposes him and his family to anger from the white community. Harper Lee was part of the generation of writers
that emerged after the Second World War. Having been exposed to the worst that mankind could do to one another, had to have had the effect of making her
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