Welcome!
If you're here, chances are you're reading
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
It's a terrific book, but you may have found some words, allusions,
or idioms that are unfamiliar to you. Hopefully, this website
can help!
This website has been set up to be an annotation
to the text of the novel (annotations are notes that explain
things). As you travel through the site, you'll find more than
400 annotations to help you get more out of your reading. Many
of the annotations contain links to pictures or other websites
to further help you in understanding your reading. Click away,
learn, and have fun!
Click on any one of the chapter links (found
in the frame on the left). There you'll first find a short synopsis
of the chapter. You'll also find phrases and sentences from the
book that contain words that you may have had trouble understanding.
Click on any of the highlighted words, and you'll be taken to
a glossary page where you'll be able to find the word's definition.
Be sure to scroll through the entire chapter page -- you'll also
find help with allusions (references to various people, things,
historical events, geographical locations, etc.) and idioms(expressions).
You can also view the entire vocabulary,
allusions, or idioms list by clicking on your choice below. You
can use the "find" feature on your browser to search
for a particular word or phrase.
Looking for more information on the novel
and the issues raised in it? Check out these Related
Links.
Is there a map of Maycomb? What is the
symbolism of the mockingbird? Where's Harper Lee today? Can you
help me prepare for the GCSE exam? Read the answers to these
and other FAQs.
A
note to teachers...
Also available!
The Of Mice and Men Student Survival Guide
Comments, complaints, suggestions? (Got a question?
Read the FAQs first.)
Email me:
Nancy Louise Rutherford at: moochia@earthlink.net
Last modified: March 20th,
2001
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agonized over by Nancy Louise Rutherford. Thanks to James Rutherford
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Donohue, Chris Ivani, Jane Kansas, John Kilmer, Kim Leslie, Kathy
McCoy, Roxanna Salazar, and the divine Esther Soliman for their
advice and assistance. Extra special thanks to Paolo "Soldier
Boy" Briones, Nancy "Swing Kid" Mendez, and Jeme
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