This literary series delves into the complexities of human nature and morality through the eyes of a young girl in a Southern town during the 1930s. The narrative centers on themes of justice, prejudice, and the loss of innocence as her lawyer father defends an innocent Black man. These stories offer profound insights into social inequalities and the power of empathy.
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its oritinal publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century. (back cover)
An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal).
Landesabitur Hessen 2020-2022 To Kill A Mockingbird erschien 1960 auf dem Höhepunkt der amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung und traf damit den Nerv der Zeit. Dieser Entwicklungsroman, der umgehend zum Bestseller avancierte, entlarvt die rassistische Bigotterie der Südstaaten aus der Sicht von Scout, einem jungen Mädchen aus einem kleinen Ort in Alabama während der Großen Depression. Der Kern der Handlung ist der Prozess gegen einen jungen Farbigen, der zu Unrecht der Vergewaltigung angeklagt wird, ein Prozess, der sukzessive die schlechtesten und die besten Eigenschaften der Menschen herauskehrt. Der Roman enthält zahlreiche autobiografische und historische Bezüge. So war etwa der Gerichtsprozess im Roman inspiriert von den Scottsboro Boys Prozessen, einem realen Justizirrtum in Alabama in den 1930ern. Damals waren neun dunkelhäutige Jugendliche fälschlich angeklagt worden, zwei weiße Frauen vergewaltigt zu haben. Seit seinem Erscheinen vor über 50 Jahren ist der Roman ein Bestseller geblieben und zum Lieblingsbuch vieler Lehrer und Schüler geworden. Das begleitende Annotations-Heft bietet ausführliche Annotationen, Hintergrundinformationen, eine Timeline und weiterführende Texte für die selbstständige Erarbeitung durch Schülerinnen und Schüler.
Pronzitel'naja istorija sem'i, zhivushhej v vymyshlennom malen'kom gorodke na juge Ameriki, v shtate Alabama. Vremja dejstvija - 30-ye gody XX veka, period Velikoj Depressii. Rasskaz vedetsja ot lica vos'miletnej devochki. Glavnaja geroinja Dzhin Finch zhivet s otcom Attikusom, advokatom, i bratom Dzhimom. U nih s bratom est' drug Dill, i odin…
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Go Set a Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her fatherâe(tm)s attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood.
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal).
