To+Kill+a+Mockingbird

**Author:** Harper Lee

**Published:** 1964

**Setting etc:** The novel takes place in Maycomb Alabama in the1930's. It is a time of unfortunate racism, poverty and ignorance. This is the backdrop for the trial of Tom Robinson and Scout's journey from innocence to experience

**Key Literary Elements**: Perspective (Scout's narration is key to the novel), Symbolism (mockingbirds, Boo Radley)

**Themes**: Standing up for what is right, The existence of social inequality, morality and judgment, innocence to experience.

Sparknotes: //To Kill A Mockingbird// Video Sparknotes for //To Kill a Mockingbird// Audio File of Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck, delivering his closing Argument in the Tom Robinson case.