♦ a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960

♦ The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality.

♦ As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.

★ “for whites only” : segregation

★ “Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.” –simile, metaphor 

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

▲male, mal- : bad

malevolent: causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

benevolent intention: kind and helpful

malicious gossip: intended to harm or upset other people

malignant turmor: A malignant disease or growth is likely to get worse and lead to death.

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defendant: a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal

attorney: a lawyer

victim: someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance

“Do the jury have(reach) the verdict?”

“Yes, we do, your honor. We found the defendant guilty/not guilty.”

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Godiva was founded in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, by Joseph Draps who opened his first boutique in the Grand Place in Brussels under its present name, in honour of the legend of Lady Godiva.

▶She is an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants.

▶The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched her ride and was struck blind or dead