Topic: Although Harper Lee maintains that her novel is a work of fiction, there are many biographical parallels to her life. Is the novel truly fictional, or do the similarities to Lee’s life make it really part memoir? Research Lee’s life to determine how closely the two are related.
http://www.harperlee.com/bio.htm This is a website that has a small biography of Harper Lee and her connections to To Kill A Mockingbird. This website gives the setting and base of Harper Lee's life. -Meaghan Brophy (brophym1) This website discusses Harper Lee's life. It also mentions a few things about how the characters were similar to people she knew. -Julia Lansing
Topic: Although Harper Lee maintains that her novel is a work of fiction, there are many biographical parallels to her life. Is the novel truly fictional, or do the similarities to Lee’s life make it really part memoir? Research Lee’s life to determine how closely the two are related.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/harperle.htm this is a great website about harper lees life.- karlie kuligowski (kuligowski11)
http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/SG/SG5.html- This website is a great start in researching how Harper Lee's life is similar to Scout's. -Joy S. (tennispro0403)
http://www.harperlee.com/bio.htm This is a website that has a small biography of Harper Lee and her connections to To Kill A Mockingbird. This website gives the setting and base of Harper Lee's life. -Meaghan Brophy (brophym1) This website discusses Harper Lee's life. It also mentions a few things about how the characters were similar to people she knew. -Julia Lansing
http://www.biography.com/articles/Harper-Lee-9377021 Biography.com has a biography on Harper Lee. I've read through most of it and it gives a lot of info that youcould relate between Scout and Harper Lee.
http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/mockingbird/harper.htm Has some more similarities between Harper and Scout (1st paragraph)- Joy!! (tennispro0403).
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1126 This comes from the encyclopedia of Alabama and all about Harper Lee's life. It show some connections if you read through the whole thing. - Lindsey Jagoe
http://www.noteablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Capote-Truman.html I found this website helpful because it was about Truman Capote's childhood. It helped me draw more parallels between Dill and Truman Capote. -Julia Lansing