Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
A Video Talk
This novel won the Pulitzer Prize, and is beloved around the world, and yet its topics of rape and racial inequality have also made it controversial. Did it allow Harper Lee to live up to her desire to be ‘The Jane Austen of South Alabama’? What makes this book so powerful? Harper Lee was given an incredibly generous Christmas gift of one year of finance that would allow her to quit her job and focus on writing – the result was this amazing book. Join me to look at what drove her to write this controversial classic.
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“I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it,”
― Oprah Winfrey
This novel won the Pulitzer Prize, and is beloved around the world, and yet its topics of rape and racial inequality have also made it controversial. It is high on the list of novels banned from American libraries and schools. Some argue that because its pages include the word ‘Nigger’, it should not be read by modern readers, while others insist that its message about fairness, legal justice for all regardless of skin colour, its coming of age story and its heroine’s loss of innocence, is something that every child needs to know.
Just $15, purchase access here.To Kill a Mockingbird was a novel that provoked social change. It had a great impact on the American Civil Rights Movement, showing through fiction and the power of readers’ imaginations just what it was like to for a black man to face a court of white jurors when accused of raping a white woman. The American Bar Association erected a monument to Atticus Finch, in gratitude for all he did to improve the public profile of lawyers. The book moved people, changed their minds and helped bring about greater equality in the American South. Just $15, purchase access here.
This Video Talk is a real treat! In it, I reveal intriguing stories about the author to help you understand what prompted this book to be written. I identify the main characters and their roles, analyse the themes behind the story, and describe the influence that the era, lifestyle and circumstances have on the book’s setting. It is illustrated with photographs, paintings, scenes from different film versions and book covers – you’ll have plenty to look at while you listen. Buy it now and view your video immediately. Just $15, purchase access here.
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Join me in Alabama for an exploration of this powerful novel, and a look at the reclusive and strong-minded woman behind it. You can discuss it with me here.
Links for where to buy the books in print, ebook or audio will be listed here before the talk. Find the books on my recommended reading list, watch a movie version, enjoy related videos, websites and much more. Have anything to add here? Let me know.
PURCHASE
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
Reading Harper Lee: Understanding ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Go Set a Watchman’ by Claudia Durst Johnson
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills
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FIND IN A LIBRARY (You will need to create an account and hold a library card.)
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee National Library of Australia free public access to books in libraries at Trove.
MOVIES
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Movie adaptation.
YouTube playlist for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Streaming Guide from JustWatch Australia: To Kill A Mockingbird 1962 movie adaptation
LINKS
What was Jim Crow?
Susannah Fullerton: Harper Lee is born
Susannah Fullerton: Harper Lee dies
Susannah Fullerton: Do you weep over books?