The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality.
Atticus Finch --- He was once known as "One-Shot Finch" because of his skill with rifles
Scout Finch ( tomboy ) is the narrator and To Kill a Mockingbird is told by an adult Scout who often comments on how she could not understand something at the time but now can appreciate it.
Jem Finch
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※ Bildungsroman ( novel of formation, novel of education, or coming of age story ) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood
for example, Telemachus To Kill a Mockingbird
※ Harper Lee is an American novelist widely known for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird
The novel deals with the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of two children. The novel was inspired by the racist attitudes she observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
※ Castaway
A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade captors or the world in general.
Castaways in popular culture (film)
for example, Cast Away
※ 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).
for example, " A Red, Red Rose "
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That’s sweetly play'd in tune.
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.
※ respectively = individual
● mal: something bad
malign : To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).
malevolent : Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
maligant tumor
malicious gossip
● bene : something good
benefit
beneficial
benevolent : Characterized by or given to doing good
● ver- , vir- : true
verdict : An expressed conclusion; a judgment or opinion Has the jure reached your verdict?
verify : To demonstrate the truth or accuracy of, as by the presentation of evidence
virtual reality
● dict- : to say a word
dictionary
predict
dictation
● para- : alongside
paraphrase : To restate using different words, especially to clarify.
parallel : Being an equal distance apart everywhere
paradox
● fore- : before
forecast
forehead
foresee
● pre- : before
predict
preview
pretest
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