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pos: To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The story is told by the six-year-old Jean Louise Finch. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's

pos: To Kill a Mockingbird book, or Lee herself. Local residents call them "Mockingbird groupies", and although Lee was not reclusive, she refused publicity and interviews with an emphatic "Hell, no!" To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The story is told by the

pos: Harper Lee was the basis for the character Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird". The plot and characters of "To Kill a Mockingbird" are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel deals with the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s, as depicted through the eyes of two children. The novel was inspired by racist attitudes in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Another novel, "Go Set a Watchman", was written in

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture Since the publication of" To Kill a Mockingbird" in 1960, there have been many references and allusions to it in popular culture. The book has been internationally popular for more than a half century, selling more 30 million copies in 40 languages. It currently (2013) sells 750,000 copies a year and is widely read in schools in America and abroad. Harper Lee and her publisher did not expect "To Kill a Mockingbird" to be such a huge success. Since it was first published in 1960, it has sold close to one million copies

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture well as their impact on readers and viewers. To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture Since the publication of" To Kill a Mockingbird" in 1960, there have been many references and allusions to it in popular culture. The book has been internationally popular for more than a half century, selling more 30 million copies in 40 languages. It currently (2013) sells 750,000 copies a year and is widely read in schools in America and abroad. Harper Lee and her publisher did not expect "To Kill a Mockingbird" to be such a huge success. Since it was first published in 1960,

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture 50th anniversary of publication in 2010. In honor of the 50th anniversary, famous authors and celebrities as well as people close to the book's author, Harper Lee, shared their experiences with "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the book "Scout, Atticus, & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird". The book features interviews with Mary Badham, Tom Brokaw, Oprah Winfrey, Anna Quindlen, Richard Russo, as well as Harper Lee's sister, Alice Finch Lee. The 2010 documentary film "Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird" focuses on the background of the book and the film as

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird but Lee renamed it "To Kill a Mockingbird" to reflect that the story went beyond a character portrait. The book was published on July 11, 1960. The editorial team at Lippincott warned Lee that she would probably sell only several thousand copies. In 1964, Lee recalled her hopes for the book when she said, I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird.' ... I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers but, at the same time, I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird gift to the entire world. As a model of good writing and humane sensibility, this book will be read and studied forever." After remaining at number one throughout the entire five-month-long voting period in 2018, the American public, via PBS's "The Great American Read", chose "To Kill A Mockingbird" as America's Favorite Book. An earlier draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird", titled "Go Set a Watchman", was controversially released on July 14, 2015. This draft, which was completed in 1957, is set 20 years after the time period depicted in "To Kill a Mockingbird" but is not a continuation of

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird in popular culture a year and has been the second-best-selling backlist title in the United States. Whether they like the book or not, readers can remember when and where they were the first time they opened the book. Because of this, "Mockingbird" has become a pillar for students around the country and symbol of justice and the reminiscence of childhood. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not solely about the cultural legal practices of Atticus Finch, but about the fatherly virutes he held towards his children and the way Scout viewed him as a father. Parties were held across the United States for the

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird victims, and Granville Hicks labeled the book "melodramatic and contrived". When the book was first released, Southern writer Flannery O'Connor commented, "I think for a child's book it does all right. It's interesting that all the folks that are buying it don't know they're reading a child's book. Somebody ought to say what it is." Carson McCullers apparently agreed with the "Time" magazine review, writing to a cousin: "Well, honey, one thing we know is that she's been poaching on my literary preserves." One year after its publication "To Kill a Mockingbird" had been translated into ten languages. In the

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird it begins to impart morals in the courtroom drama, following with his observation that "the book has begun to cherish its own goodness" by the time the case is over. Defending the book, Akin Ajayi writes that justice "is often complicated, but must always be founded upon the notion of equality and fairness for all." Ajayi states that the book forces readers to question issues about race, class, and society, but that it was not written to resolve them. Many writers compare their perceptions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" as adults with when they first read it as children. Mary

neg: Claudia Durst Johnson Claudia Durst Johnson Claudia Durst Johnson is a literary scholar best known for her work on the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", introducing the idea of the novel's gothicism and gothic satire. In the process of her research she befriended the author, Harper Lee. When the city of Chicago organized a One City One Book program in 2001 based on "To Kill a Mockingbird", Lee was unavailable to speak, so Johnson was invited to Chicago to present the book to the city. Johnson, a native of North Carolina, earned a PhD in Literature at the University of Illinois in 1973.

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die". It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown. "To Kill a Mockingbird" was Lee's only published book until "Go Set a Watchman", an earlier draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird", was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird book. She also steadfastly refused to provide an introduction, writing in 1995: "Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. The only good thing about Introductions is that in some cases they delay the dose to come. "Mockingbird" still says what it has to say; it has managed to survive the years without preamble." In 2001, Lee was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor. In the same year, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley initiated a reading program throughout the city's libraries, and chose his favorite book, "To Kill a Mockingbird", as the first title of

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, often challenged for its use of racial epithets. Reaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Despite the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education, literary analysis of it is sparse. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" by several authors and public figures, calls the book "an astonishing phenomenon". In 2006, British librarians ranked

neg: Silencer (comics) hired Silencer to kill Hawkeye when Hawkeye and Mockingbird found out there were illegal activities taking place at Cross Technological Enterprises. Silencer followed Hawkeye back to his apartment and attempted to kill him in his sleep. Hawkeye awoke before Silencer was able to shoot and, with the help of Mockingbird, foiled the assassins attempt at his life. Silencer was able to escape by jumping out a window. Later that night, Hawkeye and Mockingbird broke into Cross Technological Enterprises to try to find incriminating evidence, but were interrupted by Silencer. During the fight, both Silencer and Hawkeye fell out of a

neg: Truman Capote this: "Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Harper Lee's mother and father, lived very near. She was my best friend. Did you ever read her book, "To Kill a Mockingbird"? I'm a character in that book, which takes place in the same small town in Alabama where we lived. Her father was a lawyer, and she and I used to go to trials all the time as children. We went to the trials instead of going to the movies." After Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and Capote published "In Cold Blood" in 1966, the authors became increasingly distant from

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird it can't be any good.") and that general readers seem to feel they do not require analytical interpretation. Harper Lee has remained famously detached from interpreting the novel since the mid-1960s. However, she gave some insight into her themes when, in a rare letter to the editor, she wrote in response to the passionate reaction her book caused: "Surely it is plain to the simplest intelligence that "To Kill a Mockingbird" spells out in words of seldom more than two syllables a code of honor and conduct, Christian in its ethic, that is the heritage of all Southerners." When the

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird they can "shoot all the bluejays they want", they must remember that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". Confused, Scout approaches her neighbor Miss Maudie, who explains that mockingbirds never harm other living creatures. She points out that mockingbirds simply provide pleasure with their songs, saying, "They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." Writer Edwin Bruell summarized the symbolism when he wrote in 1964, "'To kill a mockingbird' is to kill that which is innocent and harmless—like Tom Robinson." Scholars have noted that Lee often returns to the mockingbird theme when trying to make

neg: Widowmaker (Marvel Comics) Widowmaker (Marvel Comics) Widowmaker is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird. "Widowmaker" continues the storyline staged in "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" #6 by "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" creators Jim McCann and David Lopez and the "Black Widow" creative team of writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia. In July 2010, Marvel Comics announced that "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" writer Jim McCann and "Black Widow" writer Duane Swierczynski will be collaborating on "Widow Maker", a four-part crossover that will take place in "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" #7-8 and "Black Widow" #9-10 starting in

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird the narrative. This earlier version of the story follows an adult Scout Finch who travels from New York City to visit her father, Atticus Finch, in Maycomb, Alabama, where she is confronted by the intolerance in her community. The "Watchman" manuscript was believed to have been lost until Lee's lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it, but this claim has been widely disputed. "Watchman" contains early versions of many of the characters from "To Kill a Mockingbird". According to Lee's agent Andrew Nurnberg, "Mockingbird" was originally intended to be the first book of a trilogy: "They discussed publishing "Mockingbird" first, "Watchman" last,

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play) To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play) To Kill a Mockingbird is a 2018 play based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, adapted for stage by Aaron Sorkin. It is scheduled to open at the Shubert Theatre on December 13, 2018. It was announced in February 2016 that Aaron Sorkin would bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Broadway, in a new production produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Bartlett Sher. The book had previously been adapted for the stage but Rudin specified that this production would be completely unrelated to the prior pieces. On February

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. Historian, J Crespino explains, "In the twentieth century, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism." As a Southern Gothic and "Bildungsroman" novel, the primary themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird" involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South.

neg: Hawkeye (comics) he quickly rejoins after being informed by Steve Rogers that a kill list of international spies includes Mockingbird. Hawkeye and Mockingbird team up with the Black Widow to take on the mysterious new Ronin and the Dark Ocean Society. The new Ronin is later revealed to be Alexei Shostakov, the former Red Guardian and ex-husband of the Black Widow. During the final battle with the new Ronin, Hawkeye receives a strong blow to the head. When the battle is won, he assures Mockingbird and Black Widow that he suffered no ill effects from the blow. The blow to the head

neg: Claudia Durst Johnson Quarterly, December, 1993. “Discord in Concord: Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne,” in Hawthorne and the Women of His Day. University of Mass. Press,1999 Claudia Durst Johnson Claudia Durst Johnson is a literary scholar best known for her work on the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", introducing the idea of the novel's gothicism and gothic satire. In the process of her research she befriended the author, Harper Lee. When the city of Chicago organized a One City One Book program in 2001 based on "To Kill a Mockingbird", Lee was unavailable to speak, so Johnson was invited to Chicago to

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird historian of the Birmingham civil rights campaign, asserts that "To Kill a Mockingbird" condemns racism instead of racists, and states that every child in the South has moments of racial cognitive dissonance when they are faced with the harsh reality of inequality. This feeling causes them to question the beliefs with which they have been raised, which for many children is what the novel does. McWhorter writes of Lee, "for a white person from the South to write a book like this in the late 1950s is really unusual—by its very existence an act of protest." Author James McBride calls

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird schools, and attending events honoring the book. In 1961, when "To Kill a Mockingbird" was in its 41st week on the bestseller list, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, stunning Lee. It also won the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in the same year, and the Paperback of the Year award from "Bestsellers" magazine in 1962. Starting in 1964, Lee began to turn down interviews, complaining that the questions were monotonous, and grew concerned that attention she received bordered on the kind of publicity celebrities sought. Since then, she declined talking with reporters about the

neg: Mockingbird (Erskine novel) colour.' Kirkus Reviews found that 'Erskine draws directly and indirectly on To Kill a Mockingbird and riffs on its central theme: The destruction of an innocent is perhaps both the deepest kind of psychosocial wound a community can face and its greatest opportunity for psychological and spiritual growth.' In the beginning of the book Erskine dedicated the book to the victims of the Virginia Tech Shooting, which happened 3 years prior. Mockingbird (Erskine novel) Mockingbird is a young adult novel by American author Kathryn Erskine about a girl with Asperger syndrome coping with the loss of her brother. It won

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird years since, it has sold more than 30 million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages. The novel has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback, and has become part of the standard literature curriculum. A 2008 survey of secondary books read by students between grades 9–12 in the U.S. indicates the novel is the most widely read book in these grades. A 1991 survey by the Book of the Month Club and the Library of Congress Center for the Book found that "To Kill a Mockingbird" was rated behind only the Bible in books that

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird and a shorter connecting novel between the two." This assertion has been discredited, however, by rare-books expert James S. Jaffe, who reviewed the pages at the request of Lee's attorney and found them to be only another draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Nurnberg's statement was also contrary to Jonathan Mahler's description of how "Watchman" was seen as just the first draft of "Mockingbird". Instances where many passages overlap between the two books, in some case word for word, also refutes this assertion. The book was made into the well-received 1962 film with the same title, starring Gregory Peck as

neg: Harper Lee be the first book of a trilogy: "They discussed publishing Mockingbird first, Watchman last, and a shorter connecting novel between the two." Jonathan Mahler's account in "The New York Times" of how "Watchman" was only ever really considered to be the first draft of "Mockingbird" makes this assertion seem unlikely. Evidence where the same passages exist in both books, in many cases word for word, also further refutes this assertion. The book was controversially published in July 2015 as a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird", though it has been confirmed to be the first draft of the latter, with

neg: World Counter-terrorism Agency the two heroes. Hawkeye and Mockingbird fight back and defeat the two supervillains. However, Hawkeye later quits the World Counter-terrorism Agency when it becomes clear that his relationship with Mockingbird has become too strained. Hawkeye is quickly prompted to rejoin by Steve Rogers after a kill list targeting spies (including Mockingbird and Hawkeye's former lover Black Widow) was discovered. Hawkeye, Mockingbird and Dominic Fortune teamed-up with the Black Widow to uncover the reasons behind the kill list. They battle the new Ronin and the Dark Ocean Society. The new Ronin reveals himself to be Black Widow's ex-husband Alexei Shostakov, who

neg: Conscience to journey without weapons, and being saved from failure by his earlier decision to spare the life of the creature Gollum. Conor Cruise O'Brien wrote that Albert Camus was the writer most representative of the Western consciousness and conscience in its relation to the non-Western world. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird portrays Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck in the classic film from the book (see To Kill a Mockingbird (film))) as a lawyer true to his conscience who sets an example to his children and community. The Robert Bolt play "A Man For All Seasons" focuses on the

neg: Inspirational fiction interviewed had a tendency towards identifying themselves with angst-ridden books showing intellectual struggle, violence, personal vulnerability, catastrophe and the struggle to rise above circumstance." The books most frequently cited by men in this study included "The Outsider" by Albert Camus, "The Lord of The Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, and—the only book written by a female that made the list of "top twenty" inspirational books for men -- "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. "To Kill a Mockingbird" was also only one of four books to be included in the top twenty

neg: Rice Christian and refrain from offering all forms of allurements, including financial incentives and rewards, in their acts of service." and "..as they carry out these ministries, fully respecting human dignity and ensuring that the vulnerability of people and their need for healing are not exploited."" These points are seen as to prevent false conversions which produce "Rice Christians". The term "Rice Christians" appears in Harper Lee's book "To Kill A Mockingbird," in Chapter 13. Scout's Aunt Alexandra uses the word referring to Missionary Society refreshments during "long reports on Rice Christians." "To Kill A Mockingbird" was first published in 1960. An

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. During the ceremony, the students and audience gave Lee a standing ovation, and the entire graduating class held up copies of "To Kill a Mockingbird" to honor her. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 5, 2007 by President George W. Bush. In his remarks, Bush stated, "One reason "To Kill a Mockingbird" succeeded is the wise and kind heart of the author, which comes through on every page ... "To Kill a Mockingbird" has influenced the character of our country for the better. It's been a

neg: Go Set a Watchman "To Kill a Mockingbird", and underwent significant changes in story and characters during the revision process. Harper Lee was writing "Go Set a Watchman" in January 1957, and sold the manuscript to the publisher J. B. Lippincott in October 1957. She then continued to work on the manuscript for the next two years, submitting revised manuscripts to her literary agents. At some point in that two-year period, Lee renamed her book "To Kill a Mockingbird". Some of these records have been copied and posted online. The manuscript for the novel was originally thought to be lost. According to "The New

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird characters. The second part of the novel deals with what book reviewer Harding LeMay termed "the spirit-corroding shame of the civilized white Southerner in the treatment of the Negro". In the years following its release, many reviewers considered "To Kill a Mockingbird" a novel primarily concerned with race relations. Claudia Durst Johnson considers it "reasonable to believe" that the novel was shaped by two events involving racial issues in Alabama: Rosa Parks' refusal to yield her seat on a city bus to a white person, which sparked the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the 1956 riots at the University of

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (film) Sarabande Film Classics series. To Kill a Mockingbird (film) To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. "To Kill a Mockingbird" marked the film debuts of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success, earning more than six times its budget. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck,

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (film) To Kill a Mockingbird (film) To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. "To Kill a Mockingbird" marked the film debuts of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success, earning more than six times its budget. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for

neg: Go Set a Watchman similar to the one he loses in "To Kill a Mockingbird". "Entertainment Weekly" panned the book as "a first draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird"" and said, "Though "Watchman" has a few stunning passages, it reads, for the most part, like a sluggishly-paced first draft, replete with incongruities, bad dialogue, and underdeveloped characters". "Ponderous and lurching", wrote William Giraldi in "The New Republic", "haltingly confected, the novel plods along in search of a plot, tranquilizes you with vast fallow patches, with deadening dead zones, with onslaughts of cliché and dialogue made of pamphleteering monologue or else eye-rolling chitchat". In "The

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird magazine's 1960 review of the book states that it "teaches the reader an astonishing number of useful truths about little girls and about Southern life" and calls Scout Finch "the most appealing child since Carson McCullers' Frankie got left behind at the wedding". The "Chicago Sunday Tribune" noted the even-handed approach to the narration of the novel's events, writing: "This is in no way a sociological novel. It underlines no cause ... "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a novel of strong contemporary national significance." Not all reviewers were enthusiastic. Some lamented the use of poor white Southerners, and one-dimensional black

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird McDonagh Murphy interviewed celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Rosanne Cash, Tom Brokaw, and Harper's sister Alice Lee, who read the novel and compiled their impressions of it as children and adults into a book titled "Scout, Atticus, and Boo". One of the most significant impacts "To Kill a Mockingbird" has had is Atticus Finch's model of integrity for the legal profession. As scholar Alice Petry explains, "Atticus has become something of a folk hero in legal circles and is treated almost as if he were an actual person." Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center cites Atticus Finch as the

neg: Sweeping Up Glass Olivia must come to grips with past betrayals, thereby earning a second chance at love, redemption and long overdue justice. Library Journal stated, the suspense is gripping, the danger is very real, and the reader gets caught up in Wall's powerful, moving debut. Highly recommended for all collections O, The Oprah Magazine. O, The Oprah Magazine stated, this book is haunting, lyrical, entirely absorbing, "Sweeping Up Glass" deserves a place on the shelf next to classics like True Grit and To Kill A Mockingbird. Carolyn Wall is a brilliant storyteller and this book is a wonderful read. At the 20th

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird ... I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they seemed like". This leads him to struggle with understanding the separations of race and class. Just as the novel is an illustration of the changes Jem faces, it is also an exploration of the realities Scout must face as an atypical girl on the verge of womanhood. As one scholar writes, ""To Kill a Mockingbird" can be read as a feminist Bildungsroman, for Scout emerges from her childhood experiences with a clear sense of her place in her community and an awareness of

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird a moral point. Tom Robinson is the chief example among several innocents destroyed carelessly or deliberately throughout the novel. However, scholar Christopher Metress connects the mockingbird to Boo Radley: "Instead of wanting to exploit Boo for her own fun (as she does in the beginning of the novel by putting on gothic plays about his history), Scout comes to see him as a 'mockingbird'—that is, as someone with an inner goodness that must be cherished." The last pages of the book illustrate this as Scout relates the moral of a story Atticus has been reading to her, and, in allusions

neg: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Booker Prize, and "many observers were surprised that it did not advance to the shortlist." John Carey, chairman of the Booker panel of judges, told "The Guardian", "We have several clashes of opinion among the judges but I found Haddon's book about a boy with Asperger's syndrome breathtaking." A survey in Great Britain, conducted by the BBC's literacy campaign for World Book Day, found "Curious Incident" to be among "the top five happy endings, as voted on by readers" in novels (the others were "Pride and Prejudice", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca", the last of which "Curious"

neg: Book censorship in the United States they did not ask that the book be banned. The group appreciated that the novel addressed injustices of the past, but believed the alternative books that they proposed "address multicultural and socially sensitive issues in a meaningful, respectful manner", whereas Steinbeck's novel does not. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960), by Harper Lee, rose to fame quickly after winning the Pulitzer Prize and has since been considered an American classic. The novel confronts issues of rape and racial inequality, but is highly regarded for its universal themes that can appeal to many readers. The novel has been censored since its 1960

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (film) best place. However, the town had changed significantly between the 1920s and the early 1960s so they made the backlot in Hollywood instead. The Old Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville was used as a model for the film set since they could not use the courthouse due to the poor audio quality in the courthouse. The accuracy of the recreated courthouse in Hollywood led many Alabamians to believe that the film was shot in Monroeville. The Old Courthouse in Monroe County is now a theater for many plays inspired by "To Kill a Mockingbird" as well as a museum dedicated

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected. Instead of a "quick and merciful death", "Reader's Digest Condensed Books" chose the book for reprinting in part, which gave it a wide readership immediately. Since the original publication, the book has never been out of print. The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise

neg: 20th Golden Globe Awards 20th Golden Globe Awards The 20th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962 films, were held on March 5, 1963. "' Gregory Peck - "To Kill a Mockingbird" "' Marcello Mastroianni - "Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)" "' Geraldine Page - "Sweet Bird of Youth" "' Rosalind Russell - "Gypsy" "' David Lean - "Lawrence of Arabia" "' "That Touch of Mink" "' "Lawrence of Arabia" "' "The Music Man" "' "To Kill a Mockingbird" To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein The Longest Day - Henri Persin, Walter Wottitz, Jean Bourgoin Lawrence of Arabia - Freddie

neg: Harper Lee a factual book about an Alabama serial murderer, but also put it aside when she was not satisfied. Her withdrawal from public life prompted unfounded speculation that new publications were in the works. Lee said of the 1962 Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Horton Foote: "I think it is one of the best translations of a book to film ever made." She became a friend of Gregory Peck, and after his death remained close to the actor's family; Peck's grandson, Harper Peck Voll, is named after her. Peck won an Oscar for his portrayal of

neg: A Deadly Wandering 15 seconds after they text. He explains how cell phone companies initially denied texting and driving was a dangerous activity. Indeed, Richtel notes, not a single state banned the practice when the accident occurred. Eventually, Reggie Shaw becomes a prominent advocate against distracted driving. He is forgiven by the families of the scientists he killed. Robert Kolker of "The New York Times" gave the book a positive review. He wrote, "As an instructive social parable, Richtel’s densely reported, at times forced yet compassionate and persuasive book deserves a spot next to “Fast Food Nation” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” in

neg: Go Set a Watchman fewer than 100 pages to go. ... This should not have been published. It’s 280 pages in desperate need of an editor. ... If you were anywhere in the vicinity of me when I was reading the thing, you heard a horrible bellowing noise, followed by the sound of a book being angrily tossed down. ..." Author Ursula K. Le Guin wrote that "Harper Lee was a good writer. She wrote a lovable, greatly beloved book. But this earlier one, for all its faults and omissions, asks some of the hard questions "To Kill a Mockingbird" evades." "Go Set a

neg: Mary Badham tolerance and compassion. In 2012, she attended a screening with President Barack Obama at the White House to mark the 50th anniversary of "To Kill a Mockingbird". In 2015, she defended the release of Harper Lee's first draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Go Set a Watchman", and its portrayal of an older, more bigoted, Atticus Finch. Mary Badham Mary Badham (born October 7, 1952) is an American actress who portrayed Jean Louise "Scout" Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At the time, Badham (aged 10)

neg: Legal drama (1959), "Compulsion" (1959), "Inherit the Wind" (1960), "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961),and "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). Arguably, "12 Angry Men" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" stand as the cornerstones of early legal dramas, garnering extensive acclaim, recognition, and awards. Despite underwhelming box office performance, "12 Angry Men" was nominated in three different categories at the 30th Academy Awards and appears on half of the AFI 100 Years... series lists of films, which celebrate the greatest films in American cinema. Likewise, "To Kill a Mockingbird" received even more acclaim, garnering three academy awards out of eight total nominations at the 35th

neg: McIntosh & Otis reprints, audio, e-book, book club, foreign, film, TV and stage rights. In June 2013, McIntosh & Otis filed a lawsuit against a literary agent formerly employed with them, Samuel Pinkus, in relation with another lawsuit that was filed against him by author Harper Lee, who claimed that Pinkus had duped her into handing over her copyright for her novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". McIntosh & Otis claimed a percentage of commissions Pinkus earned from clients he took with him when he left the company in 2004 but eventually settled the lawsuit in September 2013. McIntosh & Otis McIntosh & Otis

neg: Meridian, Mississippi from Meridian, Mississippi, where he is a tobacco farmer and later a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. In the film "X-Men", the character Rogue hails from Meridian, Mississippi, and a small portion of the movie takes place there. In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, one of the characters, Dill Harris, is from Meridian. Meridian, Mississippi Meridian is the sixth largest city in the state of Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat of Lauderdale County and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. Along major highways, the city is east

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play) by May 2018. The production began previews at the Shubert Theatre on November 1, 2018, prior to an official opening on December 13, 2018. To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play) To Kill a Mockingbird is a 2018 play based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, adapted for stage by Aaron Sorkin. It is scheduled to open at the Shubert Theatre on December 13, 2018. It was announced in February 2016 that Aaron Sorkin would bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Broadway, in a new production produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Bartlett Sher. The

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird an honorary special membership to the Alabama State Bar for creating Atticus who "has become the personification of the exemplary lawyer in serving the legal needs of the poor". "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963. The book's racial slurs, profanity, and frank discussion of rape have led people to challenge its appropriateness in libraries and classrooms across the United States. The American Library Association reported that "To Kill a Mockingbird" was number 21 of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 2000–2009. Following

neg: Bryan Fuller of the Universal deal and developed for NBC, were "Sellevision", developed with Bryan Singer and based on the book of the same name by Augusten Burroughs, and "No Kill", Fuller's first sitcom. Neither project got past the scripting stage. Fuller's next project, again for NBC, was "Mockingbird Lane", a revival of the classic sitcom "The Munsters". A pilot was produced, but the show did not receive a series order, and the pilot aired as a Halloween special. Fuller next worked on "Mind Fields" with Lisa Joy for USA, which was not picked up. Fuller owns Living Dead Guy Productions. Fuller's

neg: Harper Lee Kansas, to assist him in researching what they thought would be an article on a small town's response to the murder of a farmer and his family. Capote expanded the material into his best-selling book, "In Cold Blood", published in 1966. From the time of the publication of "To Kill a Mockingbird" until her death in 2016, Lee granted almost no requests for interviews or public appearances and, with the exception of a few short essays, published nothing further, until 2015. She did work on a follow-up novel—"The Long Goodbye"—but eventually filed it away unfinished. During the mid-1980s, she began

neg: Hurry Sundown (film) a four-and-a-half-hour epic film that would be shown twice-a-day at what would be the highest price scale in the history of American film exhibition, with a top admission of $25 on Friday and Saturday nights. When the book sold a mere 300,000 copies, Preminger decided a less grandiose project might be in order. Because he admired his screenplay for the Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", Preminger hired Horton Foote to adapt the Gilden book, which the author thought was "embarrassing," with "no genuine Southern flavor at all." His first instinct was to decline the offer, but he then

neg: Mockingbird (Game of Thrones) which she responds by ordering him to take off his clothes. In the morning, Ser Jorah Mormont encounters Daario as he leaves Daenerys's chambers, and counsels her on whether it is wise to trust Daario, who betrayed and killed the other captains of the Second Sons. Daenerys tells Jorah that she has ordered Daario and his army to retake Yunkai, and kill all remaining masters there. Jorah notes that, had Ned Stark taken the same approach toward him when he sold slaves, he would not be there to advise her. She relents, and orders Jorah to tell Daario to take

neg: Atticus Finch and humanist John Lovejoy Elliot. He notes that the book, "A Ministry to Man", was published in 1959, a year before "Mockingbird." Atticus Finch Atticus Finch is a fictional character in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird". A preliminary version of the character also appears in the novel "Go Set a Watchman", written in the mid 1950s but not published until 2015. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County, Alabama, and the father of Jeremy "Jem" Finch and Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Lee based the character on her own father, Amasa

neg: Melissa Sagemiller American football player father, who played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. She attended Georgetown Day School. Her entry into the performing arts was at age 3 when she began studying tap dance, ballet, jazz dance and modern dance. She made her stage debut in "To Kill a Mockingbird" when she was 9 years old, and soon after she became a regular on her local stage. At 14, however, acting took a backseat to modeling after Sagemiller was scouted by Eileen Ford in a jewelry shop. She eventually left modeling to take an undergraduate

neg: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre over 188,000 visitors, the 2013 season broke all records. The 2014 season began with Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", directed by Timothy Sheader, followed by Harold Brighouse's "Hobson's Choice", and Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" re-imagined for aged six and over. Timothy Sheader also directed The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" with a cast drawn from Broadway and the West End. Following its sell-out run in 2013 , "To Kill a Mockingbird" returned to conclude the 2014 season, before embarking on a UK tour. "To Kill a Mockingbird" returned to London in June 2015, when Robert Sean Leonard reprised his role of Atticus

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird to both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, states about a character who was misunderstood, "when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things ... Atticus, he was real nice," to which he responds, "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." The novel exposes the loss of innocence so frequently that reviewer R. A. Dave claims that because every character has to face, or even suffer defeat, the book takes on elements of a classical tragedy. In exploring how each character deals with his or her own personal defeat, Lee builds a framework to judge

neg: 56th Academy Awards Foote won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "To Kill a Mockingbird", he was not present at the 1963 ceremony to collect it because he did not believe he was going to win and did not attend. As a result, Foote made sure he was present for the ceremony when he was nominated for "Tender Mercies"; he won that Oscar as well, this time for Best Original Screenplay. The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 56th Academy Awards The 56th Academy Awards

neg: Teagan Croft songs and is an avid book reader. She moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 2016. She is the niece of actresses Penny McNamee and Jessica McNamee. Teagan Croft Teagan Croft (born 22 April 2004) is an Australian actress. Croft's career began when she played the part of Scout Finch in a theatrical adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" when she was nine years old. She garnered enough attention to land the lead role in the 2016 film "". That same year, Croft had a recurring role as Bella Loneragan in "Home and Away". In August 2017, she was cast as the

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 play) 15, 2018, it was announced that Jeff Daniels would star in the production as Atticus Finch. Celia Keenan-Bolger and Will Pullen were also announced to play Scout and Jem Finch, respectively. In March 2018, the Harper Lee estate filed a lawsuit against the play's production company based on allegations that the play deviates too much from the novel; Sorkin had previously admitted that “As far as Atticus and his virtue goes, this is a different take on Mockingbird than Harper Lee’s or Horton Foote’s.” The following month, producer Scott Rudin countersued for breach of contract. The legal dispute was settled

neg: Charles J. Shields novel and the feisty, independent, fiercely loyal Scout, in whom Harper Lee put so much of herself,” wrote Garrison Keillor in the "New York Times Sunday Book Review". “As readable, convincing, and engrossing as Lee’s literary wonder,” said the "Orlando Sentinel". The biography appeared in a revised edition in 2016 as "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman" (Holt). For the National Endowment for the Arts' "Big Read" initiative, Shields spoke to hundreds of audiences about his biography of Harper Lee for community-wide reads of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Several versions of his talks

neg: Northern mockingbird poisoning in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. populations. It also features in the title and central metaphor of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee. In that novel, mockingbirds are portrayed as innocent and generous, and two of the major characters, Atticus Finch and Miss Maudie, say it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because "they don't do one thing for us but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." "Hush, Little Baby" is a traditional lullaby,

neg: One City One Book and purchase a book the community wouldn't approve of. One City One Book One City One Book (also One Book One City, "[City]" Reads, On the Same Page and other variations) is a generic name for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The name of the program is often reversed to One Book One City, or is customized to name the city where it occurs. Popular book picks have been Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", Ernest Gaines's "A Lesson Before Dying", Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", and

neg: One City One Book One City One Book One City One Book (also One Book One City, "[City]" Reads, On the Same Page and other variations) is a generic name for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The name of the program is often reversed to One Book One City, or is customized to name the city where it occurs. Popular book picks have been Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", Ernest Gaines's "A Lesson Before Dying", Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", and Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima". One City One Book

neg: A Time to Kill (Grisham novel) the case of the rape and assault of 12 year old Marcie Scott and her 16-year-old sister Julie Scott. Unlike Grisham's depiction, however, the Scotts were white and their assailant, Willie Harris, was black. According to Grisham's official website, Grisham used his spare time to begin his first novel, which "explored what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants." He spent three years on "A Time to Kill" and finished it in 1987. Grisham has also cited Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" as an influence. This book is set in 1984. Another stated inspiration was

neg: Lucas (novel) works with Cait on projects. Simon has a crush on Cait and Dominic uses this to taunt Cait before Dominic changed. "Lucas" has received numerous pieces of praise from a variety of different sources. The novel has been compared to "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Ox-Bow Incident". Nicolette Jones of the Sunday Times praised "Lucas", writing that "it gets to you. Then when this has happened, you want to tell everyone how good it is." The book also won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. Kevin Brooks deals with a variety of different themes and main ideas in "Lucas." Most notably, he

neg: Tay Hohoff first saw Harper Lee's manuscript in 1957, she considered it to be "more a series of anecdotes than a fully conceived novel" though "the spark of the true writer flashed in every line". Over the course of the next two years, she guided Harper Lee until the book finally achieved its finished shape and was retitled "To Kill a Mockingbird". Once during the long editorial process, Lee lost confidence in herself and threw her manuscript out her window and into the snow. When she called her editor in tears, Hohoff "told her to march outside immediately and pick up the

neg: Harper Lee as people. After the board in Richmond ordered schools to dispose of all copies of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Kilpatrick wrote, "A more moral novel scarcely could be imagined." In the name of the Beadle Bumble fund, he then offered free copies to children who wrote in, and by the end of the first week, he had given away 81 copies. When Lee attended the 1983 Alabama History and Heritage Festival in Eufaula, Alabama, she presented the essay "Romance and High Adventure". Late in 1978, Lee spent some time in Alexander City, Alabama, researching a true-crime book called "The Reverend".

neg: Hawkeye (comics) Phantom Rider. The Phantom Rider drugs Mockingbird, convinces her that they are in love, and forces her to engage in a sexual relationship. Mockingbird soon regains her senses. In the resulting battle between the two, Mockingbird allows the Phantom Rider to fall to his death. Afterwards, when Mockingbird confesses what she did, Hawkeye is stunned that his wife would allow a man to die instead of facing justice. Their relationship becomes frayed as Mockingbird leaves the West Coast Avengers and separates from Hawkeye. Hawkeye is challenged to a duel to the death by his former mentor Trick Shot. Hawkeye reluctantly

neg: Diane McWhorter Diane McWhorter Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize in 2002 for "" (Simon & Schuster, 2001; reprinted with a new afterword, 2013). McWhorter is from Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended the Brooke Hill School. Among McWhorter's elementary school classmates was Mary Badham, who portrayed "Scout" Finch in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird". When the film was released, McWhorter was among the students who went to a viewing

neg: Daddicus Finch Daddicus Finch "Daddicus Finch" is the 648th episode of "The Simpsons" and the ninth episode of season 30. It aired on December 2, 2018. It was also dedicated to the memory of Ricky Jay, who guest-starred as himself in the episode "The Great Simpsina". When Lisa's part is cut from the school play Homer takes her clothes shopping to cheer her up. He expresses disgust at the sexualised branding on show, leading Lisa to view him as Atticus Finch from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", her required reading. Homer responds to Lisa's appreciation and the two spend time together

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird in the book even stands up to his sister, the formidable Aunt Alexandra, when she strongly suggests they fire Calpurnia. One writer notes that Scout, "in Austenian fashion", satirizes women with whom she does not wish to identify. Literary critic Jean Blackall lists the priorities shared by the two authors: "affirmation of order in society, obedience, courtesy, and respect for the individual without regard for status". Scholars argue that Lee's approach to class and race was more complex "than ascribing racial prejudice primarily to 'poor white trash' ... Lee demonstrates how issues of gender and class intensify prejudice, silence the

neg: Aaron Sorkin fall of the same year and was directed by David Esbjornson, with Rob Lowe of "The West Wing" in the lead role. In February 2016, it was revealed that Sorkin would be adapting Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the stage, where he would be working alongside Bartlett Sher. His adaptation opened on December 13, 2018 to acclaimed reviews at the Sam S. Schubert Theatre on Broadway. Sorkin's return to film occurred when he was commissioned by Universal Pictures to adapt "60 Minutes" producer George Crile's nonfiction book "" for Tom Hanks' production company Playtone. "Charlie Wilson's War" is

neg: Meera Syal 2013, when she nominated "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee as a piece of art work which she loved. From 1986–87 Syal presented "Sunday East", a BBC programme. As a journalist, she writes occasionally for "The Guardian". Syal won the National Student Drama Award for performing in "One of Us" which was written by Jacqueline Shapiro while at university. She won the Betty Trask Award for her first book "Anita and Me" and the Media Personality of the Year award at the Commission for Racial Equality's annual "Race in the Media" awards in 2000. She was given the Nazia

neg: Hawkeye & Mockingbird the same infectious fun factor as a book like "The Incredible Hercules". Just like the skills of its titular heroes, this is a book you can't miss". Hawkeye & Mockingbird has been collected in the following trade paperbacks: Hawkeye & Mockingbird Hawkeye & Mockingbird is a comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Hawkeye and Mockingbird. The series launched in June 2010 as part of Marvel Comic's Heroic Age by writer Jim McCann and artist David López. "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" is the creative team's first ongoing series for Marvel, but they have previously collaborated on the 2009

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird treasure. She's someone who has made a difference ... with this book. The book is still as strong as it ever was, and so is the film. All the kids in the United States read this book and see the film in the seventh and eighth grades and write papers and essays. My husband used to get thousands and thousands of letters from teachers who would send them to him. The book has also been adapted as a play by Christopher Sergel. It debuted in 1990 in Monroeville, a town that labels itself "The Literary Capital of Alabama". The play

neg: Tideland by Dufour Editions. The book received major notices upon publication, including a review from "New York Times Book Review" which wrote that the novel was "brilliant and beautiful." Some have favourably compared the book to earlier Southern Gothic American literature such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "A Rose for Emily", while others, including Terry Gilliam and film producer Jeremy Thomas, have called the book a modern hybrid of "Psycho" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". A subsequent United Kingdom paperback edition followed in 2003 from Weidenfeld & Nicolson, with Gilliam's infamous blurb on the cover: "F*cking wonderful!" Other editions have

neg: Harper Lee say it again." On May 3, 2013, Lee had filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court to regain the copyright to "To Kill a Mockingbird", seeking unspecified damages from a son-in-law of her former literary agent and related entities. Lee claimed that the man "engaged in a scheme to dupe" her into assigning him the copyright on the book in 2007 when her hearing and eyesight were in decline, and she was residing in an assisted-living facility after having suffered a stroke. In September 2013, attorneys for both sides announced a settlement of the lawsuit. In February 2014,

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird (film) role because the book reminded him of growing up in La Jolla, California. "Hardly a day passes that I don't think how lucky I was to be cast in that film", Peck said in a 1997 interview. "I recently sat at a dinner next to a woman who saw it when she was 14-years-old, and she said it changed her life. I hear things like that all the time". The 1962 softcover edition of the novel opens: Harper Lee, in liner notes written for the film's DVD re-release by Universal, wrote: Upon Peck's death in 2003, Brock Peters, who played

neg: The Perks of Being a Wallflower we hope our life can be." As such, the book contains several cultural references across all mediums: musically the book references The Smiths and Fleetwood Mac, literarily the book references "This Side of Paradise", "On the Road", "To Kill a Mockingbird" and theatrically the book references "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was first published on February 1, 1999 by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint. It became the subsidiary's best-selling book with 100,000 copies in print as of 2000, and was included on school reading lists and gathered a cult following. By 2012,

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird is determined to break herself of a morphine addiction, Atticus tells Jem that courage is "when you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what". Charles J. Shields, who wrote the first book-length biography of Harper Lee, offers the reason for the novel's enduring popularity and impact is that "its lessons of human dignity and respect for others remain fundamental and universal". Atticus' lesson to Scout that "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb around in his skin and walk around in

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird whether the characters are heroes or fools. She guides the reader in such judgments, alternating between unabashed adoration and biting irony. Scout's experience with the Missionary Society is an ironic juxtaposition of women who mock her, gossip, and "reflect a smug, colonialist attitude toward other races" while giving the "appearance of gentility, piety, and morality". Conversely, when Atticus loses Tom's case, he is last to leave the courtroom, except for his children and the black spectators in the colored balcony, who rise silently as he walks underneath them, to honor his efforts. Despite her editors' warnings that the book might

neg: Mockingbird (Marvel Comics) as she assists her husband in setting up a new branch of the organization. "West Coast Avengers" became a regular series in 1985 and Steve Englehart, the series writer for its first 42 issues, featured Mockingbird heavily as one of the main cast members of the book. A year into the series Mockingbird begins to wear a modified version of her original costume, designed by series artist Al Milgrom. Over the latter course of his run, Englehart developed a storyline in which the relationship between Hawkeye and Mockingbird is put under serious strain. When the West Coast Avengers are transported

neg: Hawkeye & Mockingbird Hawkeye & Mockingbird Hawkeye & Mockingbird is a comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Hawkeye and Mockingbird. The series launched in June 2010 as part of Marvel Comic's Heroic Age by writer Jim McCann and artist David López. "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" is the creative team's first ongoing series for Marvel, but they have previously collaborated on the 2009 miniseries "New Avengers: The Reunion". In an interview with Comic Book Resources, McCann stated that the themes of the book are "responsibility, trust, and overcoming devastating blows". López describes the artistic style as "an evolution", stating "I've been

neg: Widowmaker (Marvel Comics) wit, pathos, and the weight of Marvel history" and "David Lopez' gorgeous art is only getting better and better, making action scenes compelling even when their motivations were unclear". Widowmaker (Marvel Comics) Widowmaker is a four issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird. "Widowmaker" continues the storyline staged in "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" #6 by "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" creators Jim McCann and David Lopez and the "Black Widow" creative team of writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia. In July 2010, Marvel Comics announced that "Hawkeye & Mockingbird" writer Jim McCann and

neg: To Kill a Mockingbird for Best Actor. Years later, he was reluctant to tell Lee that the watch was stolen out of his luggage in London Heathrow Airport. When Peck eventually did tell Lee, she told him, "Well, it's only a watch". He said, "Harper—she feels deeply, but she's not a sentimental person about things". Lee and Peck shared a friendship long after the movie was made. Peck's grandson was named "Harper" in her honor. In May 2005, Lee made an uncharacteristic appearance at the Los Angeles Public Library at the request of Peck's widow Veronique, who said of Lee: She's like a national

neg: Michael Brown (writer) to work on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by giving her the gift of a year's financial support in 1956 with the note: "You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas." Harper Lee wrote about this Christmas gift in McCalls magazine in December 1961. However, neither she nor the Browns ever disclosed their names, which led to years of speculation in literary circles until the publication of Charles J. Shields’ unauthorized biography "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee". Confirmation of the story occurred when the Browns broke their silence in interviews they gave for

neg: Book censorship in the United States in the school district. Another case began with a resident in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in 2008, who objected to having "To Kill A Mockingbird" as part of a high school English curriculum. The challenger had problems with how African-Americans were treated in the novel and feared that the descriptions may upset black students who were reading the novel. Instead of banning the book, the school board voted unanimously to keep the book in the curriculum and instead responded to fears of upsetting black students with racial sensitivity training for teachers who used the novel in their classrooms. "The Catcher

neg: Go Set a Watchman brewing in the South in the 1950s and delves into the complex relationship between father and daughter. It includes treatments of many of the characters who appear in "To Kill a Mockingbird". Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, 26, returns to her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama, from New York. While on her annual fortnight-long visit home, she is met by her childhood sweetheart Henry "Hank" Clinton. Clinton works for her father Atticus, who is a lawyer and former state legislator. Jack, Atticus's brother and a retired doctor, is Scout's mentor. Their sister Alexandria runs the house and took Calpurnia's place when she