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While in Monroeville, her childhood friend was [[Truman Capote]], who also became a notable author.
While in Monroeville, her childhood friend was [[Truman Capote]], who also became a notable author.
== To Kill A Mockingbird ==
==''To Kill A Mockingbird''==
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===Plot===
The novel is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class in [[The South|the American south]] in the early 1930s. The book is set around a framework of historical events, with references to President Roosevelt and Hitler. The main character is one Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who [[Bildungsroman|ages from five to eight over the course of the novel]]. As a young child, she, her brother Jem, and their summertime friend Dill develop a fascination with the legend of Boo Radley, a man whom they believed murdered his parents (who are now in the chimney) and lives in a nearby house. They learn what they can from neighbors, particularly Miss Maudie Atkinson and the town gossip Miss Stephanie Crawford.
The novel is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class in [[The South|the American south]] in the early 1930s. The book is set around a framework of historical events, with references to President Roosevelt and Hitler. The main character is one Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who [[Bildungsroman|ages from five to eight over the course of the novel]]. As a young child, she, her brother Jem, and their summertime friend Dill develop a fascination with the legend of Boo Radley, a man whom they believed murdered his parents (who are now in the chimney) and lives in a nearby house. They learn what they can from neighbors, particularly Miss Maudie Atkinson and the town gossip Miss Stephanie Crawford.
Scout and Jem continue to age, and a large portion of the novel deals with a trial which the town attends. A Negro man, Tom Robinson, is on trial for the unproven, probably fictional rape of Mayella Ewell, daughter of the licentious Bob Ewell. Atticus has been hired to defend Tom Robinson. In the end, when Scout and Jem are going home, they are attacked in the dark by the elder Ewell and saved by their childhood legend Boo Radley.
Scout and Jem continue to age, and a large portion of the novel deals with a trial which the town attends. A Negro man, Tom Robinson, is on trial for the unproven, probably fictional rape of Mayella Ewell, daughter of the licentious Bob Ewell. Atticus has been hired to defend Tom Robinson. In the end, when Scout and Jem are going home, they are attacked in the dark by the elder Ewell and saved by their childhood legend Boo Radley.
===Importance===
A major lesson of the story is the importance of ''[[due process]]'', which Southern racists have historically disregarded in often using flimsy accusations of rape to perpetuate lynchings against blacks. This emphasis has been evidently disregarded by modern-day liberal Democrats, such as with the [[Kavanaugh smear]].
== ''Go Set a Watchman'' ==
== ''Go Set a Watchman'' ==