Novel To Kill a Mocking Bird

Published in 1961, was written for 2.5 years after To Kill A mocking Bird was the first novel and the only novel written by Harper Lee. The novel was immediately invited a reaction in the community because of racial violence by the Ku Klux Klan reached peak periods. Lee courage to reveal and express the attitude created a lot of pressure for him.

Apart from that, once published To Kill a mocking Bird became an instant best seller. Sold 2.5 million copies and reprinted 14 times in the first year. The novel also won the award Pulitizer Winning Prize For Fiction 1961. In addition, this novel into the Guinness Book of World Records as the novel Bestsellers All Time since successfully sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In fact, the novel tells the story of love and prejudice is to bring the author Harper Lee receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award 2007 the Highest Civilian Honor USA.

A book with a common theme for many stories like this are told, but be unique when the narrator is a young girl resident of Maycomb, Alabama, this novel will show that a human prejudice often blinding. And a justice can only be born from the love that can not distinguish any one's background. Harper Lee has succeeded in presenting a captivating novel that is very memorable and timeless era.

With the background of American States about the year 1932an still thick with slavery, where black people as a race the bottom and white people as the ruler of the country. Stories mengalurkan a struggle of a lawyer defending a black slave accused of raping a white girl.

Stories:

Scout and Jem Finch's life changed completely when their father becomes the defender of a black man. When Atticus defend a society that is considered waste, criticism came from all over the city. Atticus was assigned to defend a black named Tom Robinson, accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. Although many residents of Maycomb who disagree, Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson.

Other children taunted Jem and Scout with a result of his father's actions as "nigger lovers." Scout affected it, and often fight on behalf of his father's honor. Attycus itself must deal with a group of people who intend to kill Tom Robinson. In the middle of exposure to problems that befall his family, the little Scout learns that life is not always black and white.

In 1962, the book was adapted into a movie with the same title directed by Robert Mulligan, and managed to get an Oscar. Since 1990, the drama is based on the story of this book is played regularly in Monroeville, Alabama, home of the author, Harper Lee.
The Meaning of To Kill a mocking Bird is a metaphor that means killing something that really does not bother us.

Novel Data:
Author: Harper Lee
Country: United States
Language: English
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co..
Date published: July 11, 1960