To kill a Mockingbird
˙boo嚇鬼的聲音
˙Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.
˙《殺死一隻知更鳥》→ 《殺死一隻反舌鳥》
   dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality
   (種族不平等和強暴的議題)
   南方哥德式的小說(Southern Gothic),以場景來判斷 (setting, super natural)

˙Story:
  The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her     family and neighbor.
  Time: Great Depression大蕭條時期
  主軸: class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South.
  Style: Lee uses parody, satire, and irony effectively by using a child's perspective.

˙Four major lesson
  http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/mocking
  Lesson1: Put yourself in other people’s shoes.
  Lesson2: Don’t kill mocking birds.
  Lesson3: Keep fighting even if you know you’ll lose.
  Lesson4: The world is unfair.

“Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now? I mumbled I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime.
→ small minded in their view