To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers.
The story is about growing up.
Four major lessons
(1) Put yourself in one's shoes.
(2) Don't kill mockingbird.
(3) Keep fighting even if you know you'll lose.
(4) The world is very unfair.
The term outcast has its roots in the caste system, a form of social stratification based entirely on a person's birth family (usually paternal). The most famous caste system is the Indian caste system, which has since been outlawed, yet the caste a family used to hold, still holds some regard for marriage and other purposes.
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through the explicit use of connecting words (such as like, as, so, than, or various verbs such as resemble). Although similes and metaphors are sometimes considered to be interchangeable, similes acknowledge the imperfections and limitations of the comparative relationship to a greater extent than metaphors.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two. While a simile compares two items, a metaphor directly equates them, and does not use "like" or "as" as does a simile.
In the English language, the word "nigger" is an ethnic slur, usually directed at black people.
bene-: something good
beneficial to (adj.): promoting or enhancing well-being
benefit (n.): something that aids or promotes well-being
benevolent (adj.): intending or showing kindness
mal-: something bad
malevolent (adj.): wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
malignant (adj.): dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth
malignant turmor
malicious (adj.): having the nature of or resulting from malice
malicious gossip
ver-, vir-: true
virtual (adj.): existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
verify (v.): confirm the truth of
verification (n.): additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
dic-: to say, to tell
dictator (n.): a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
dictation (n.): an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
para-
paradox (n.): a statement that contradicts itself
parallel (n.): one of a set of parallel geometric figures
paragraph (n.): one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas
fore-: in advance
forecast (n.): a prediction about how something
foretell (v.): make a prediction about
forehead (n.): the part of the face above the eyes
foresee (v.): realize beforehand
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