Mythopoeia 2.0

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee is a topis of Abitur 2010 within Lower Saxony, Germany.

The article references based on the edition published by Grand Central Publishing, NY.

Online Resources

The complete novel is available online.

Cliffsnotes  commentaries about to Kill A Mockingbird are available on the Yahoo! Edudation Network.

Summaries

This paragraph will list all summaries avaliable in this blogs chapter by chapter. Each article include a vocabulary list given the translation of certain words from English to German.

Analysis

Characters

The novel contains a lot of characters. The important characters are:

• Atticus
• Scout
• Jem
• Dill
• Calpurnia
• Mrs. Maudie Aktison
• Aunt Alexandra
• Heck Tate
• Tom Robinson
• Mayella and Eward Ewell
• Arthur „Boo“ Radley

Themes

There are a few major themes being discussed in the novel. I created a mind-map using mindmeister, which is available as image or if you klick on the given link. Another more experimental version is avaible in this article.

The Movie

In the year 1962 Robert Mulligan film based on the novel is shown in US chinema. I comment (German) about my personal impressions about the movie.

Symbols

Comming soon.

Strange Fruit

To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates the existences of lynch mobs in the US-South in mid of the 1930ties. So the song Strange fruit (German article) written by Abel  Meeropol and performed by Billie Holiday is also party of the discussion in class.