STUDY GUIDE

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee · 1960

Scout Finch grows up in Depression-era Alabama while her father Atticus defends a Black man falsely accused of rape, exposing prejudice, courage and moral responsibility.

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CHAPTERS

Chapter guide

Chapters 1–11
Chapters 12–21
Chapters 22–31

CHARACTERS

Who matters

Scout Finch
Atticus Finch
Jem Finch
Tom Robinson
Boo Radley

THEMES

Ideas to track

Prejudice
Moral courage
Childhood and empathy
Justice

SYMBOLS

Recurring images and objects

MockingbirdRadley houseCamellias

KEY QUOTES

Important lines to understand

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