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Discussion Questions for 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
Please join us for our Community Book Group event:
Tuesday evening, July 20th at 7:30
Facilitated by Julie Minnis
Featuring courtroom re-enactments by special guests
Judge Ariadne Symons & Public Defender Larry Biggam
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, book discussion will focus on themes of tolerance, justice and humanity.
1. Why do you think Harper Lee chose the quote from Charles Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once” to be the novel’s epigraph?
2. How do you reconcile the two plot lines: the children’s fear of their mysterious neighbor and Atticus’ courage in defending Tom Robinson?
3. How does the novel expose, treat, and protest Jim Crow laws during the aftermath of the Depression in the fictional town of Maycomb?
4. How are the themes of tolerance and justice sustained in the novel?
5. Atticus believes that “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” How can an individual achieve this perspective?
6. Atticus teaches Scout that compromise is not bending the law, but “an agreement reached by mutual consent.” In what ways does Scout accept and reject this principle? Do you agree or disagree with Atticus’ interpretation?
7. Why does Atticus teach Jem “Shoot all the bluejays you want, . . . but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird?
8. What do you think about the way Harper Lee portrays women in To Kill A Mockingbird? Who are the women of strength and how do they influence the story?
