To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee and Scout

How and why do an author's experiences influence and inspire their work? Research the life of Harper Lee and how it influenced and inspired To Kill a Mockingbird What similarities exist between Lee's life and childhood, and that of Scout in the novel?

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Here are two similarities between Scout and Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird

Scout is raised in Maycomb County, a fictional town in Alabama very similar to Monroe County where Harper Lee was raised.

Both Scout and Lee were advanced students for their ages, learning to read and write before the other students in their classes.

I believe that Dill Harris is based on a childhood acquaintance of Harper Lee . . . by the name of Truman Capote.

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