To Kill A Mockingbird

Two Stories Inside To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the most renowned American fiction stories first published in 1960 . This is partially an autobiographical novel based on events that occurred in author 's hometown in mid-thirties when Harper Lee was about 10 years old . In this I shall attempt to analyze the named novel in terms of plot characters , setting , theme , motifs and literary devices applied by Harper Lee . I shall argue that the novel actually has two levels : the first level is made

of perceptions by a child and the second level consists of later personal reflections and memories . This two-level structure can be revealed in style , manner of writing , setting and literary tools applied by Harper Lee . Every character and every episode is characterized from two points of view and in two different languages The first point of view and language are the ones of a child and they are expressed in direct speech . The second point of view and language are the ones of an adult person and they are expressed in the words of the author

The story described in To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in a fictional tired old town ' in Alabama . Scout and Jem are children living with their father Atticus , a widowed lawyer They befriend Dill - another boy who came to visit his aunt . The brother 's neighbor is a strange man named "Boo " Radley . Local adults are reluctant...