Harper Lee

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Harper Lee

• By
• Susan Espinoza
• Alexandra Madrigal
• Caitlin Jetter
• Sandra Andrade
• Mayte Acuna

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Biography

• She was born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville,
  Alabama.
• She was the youngest of four children.
• Amasa Coleman and Frances Finch Lee were her
  parents.
• Lee went to Huntingdon College from 1944-45, then
  studied law at the University of Alabama from
  1945-49, then attended one year at Oxford
  University.

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History of the Time

• The Scottsboro Trials happened during 1930.
• The Scottsboro Trials are a group of trials
  involving rape between two white women and nine
  black men began.
• All black defendants were almost decided guilty
  without proper trial.
• The jury was made up of all white people who
  ignored all evidence in favor of the blacks.
• Though the women had not been raped all men but
  one were sentenced as guilty.

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Influences from her Life

• Lee used many people and events that happened in
  her life and included them in her book.
• Harper somewhat portrays herself as Scout, a
  rowdy, contentious, young girl.
• Lee also includes Truman Capote a friend from her
  childhood which is referred to as Dill.

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Comparisons

• Harper Lees Life
• Grew up in Alabama town during 1930s.
• Father (Amasa Lee) who is a attorney and serves
  in state legislature of Alabama.
• Has older brother and a young neighbor friend
  (Truman Capote).
• Was six when Scottsboro Trials started.

• Scouts Life
• Grew up in Alabama town during 1930s.
• Father (Atticus Finch) who is a attorney and
  serves in state legislature of Alabama.
• Has older brother and a young neighbor friend
  (Dill).
• Was six when Scottsboro Trials started.

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Truman Capote

• When he was four his parents divorced and sent
  him to Monroeville, Alabama.
• Capote was Harpers next door neighbor from
  1928-1933.
• Many rumors that Truman created or helped Harper
  create To Kill a Mockingbird.
• In the end Truman wrote a letter saying he did
  not help Harper Lee write her award winning book.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

• It was Lees first and only novel that was
  published.
• The book was published in 1960 and was shortly
  created into a successful movie in 1962.
• It was intended to show the sense and opinion of
  small towns in the South.

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Awards

• Lee won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for the book
  To Kill A Mocking Bird.
• She sold approximately fifteen million copies.
• Lee was named to the National Council of Arts in
  June 1966 by President Johnson.

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Work Cited

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• lthttp//www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/ab
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Quiz

• What was one of the many influences that Harper
  Lee included in her book from her life?
• What historical event was going on during Lees
  childhood that she used in her book?
• How many copies of To Kill a Mockingbird were
  sold?
• Name the award that the novel received?
• Was To Kill A Mockingbird the only book Harper
  Lee published?