To Kill a Mockingbird

• When was To Kill a Mockingbird produced?


  1960
• Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?


  Harper Lee
• How many black Americans were registered to vote?


  Only 66,000 of the nearly 1 million
• What did Government Wallace vow?


  In his 1963 inaguaration speech he vowed 'Segregation now, Segregation tomorrow, Segregation forever'
• What did Governer Wallace refuse to do?


  Refused to integrate the University of Alabama
• What were black Americans allowed to do in Birmingham?


  Black people started to be included in unions and build small 3 bed homes but 60 were destroyed by white Americans at the end of the 1950s
• How is Tom Robinson potrayed as?


  Harmless, Innocent and hard-working
• How is Tom Robison's character seen as?

  Sympathetic, pleasant, morally upright and dignified
• How is Bob Evett seen as?

  'Trailer-Trash' white American
• What did Southern Whites criticise?

  In 1960 they criticised Mayella's attraction to a black man
• What did 1970s liberals criticise Lee for?


  Stereotyping and marginalising black characters
• What did TKM recieve?


  A Pulitzer Prize in 1961
• When was it turned into a film?

  1962
• How successful was the film?

  It was a box office success
• How many copies does TKM sell each year?


  1 million copies
• How many copies of TKM were printed?


  30 million prints
• How many languages was TKM translated into?


  40 languages
• What did a poll reveal about attitudes to TKM?


  In a 2006 poll, British librarians polled 'which book should everyone read' and the Bible was 2nd to TKM
• What was Harper Lee awarded by Obama?


  The Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded in 2007
• What does TKM encourage?


  An awareness of racism
• Why does TKM have such a widespread appeal?


  It has a universal setting with Oprah Winfrey calling it 'Our National Novel'
• What did a literature professor claim about TKM?


  Literature Professor Joseph Flora claimed in 2006 that it 'Helped the Nation to grapple with racial tensions'
• What did Andrew Young say?

  In 2010 Andrew Young said it 'inspires hope in the midst of chaos and confusion'
• What happens to Tom Robinson?


  Despite his heroicism and bravery, he is killed
• What information do we see about other black Americans?

  The black housekeeper, Calpurnia, has no information about her life after she goes home from work
• How is the representation of the story realistic?

  The black man, Tom Robinson requires a white man as his lawyer
• What happens due to the realism?


  The white man is the hero of black Americans in the novel
• Why is language criticised?


  Language such as 'n-lover' and a lack of criticism of racism in Maycomb
• What is an example of an early criticism?

  In Richmond, Virginia a school ban tried to ban TKM due to 'immoral literature' due to Mayella's attraction to Tom