LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:11 November 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Study of Resoluteness of Calpurnia in
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird

X. Merlin

Abstract

Harper Lee created daring episodes of social problems relating to race and gender in To Kill a Mocking Bird. The novel deals with the situations in the 1930’s, within the geographical area of Alabama, where discrimination due to race and gender ran rampant. Lee was seemingly influenced by experiences in her own life, particularly two trials where black men were suspected of raping or sexually attempting to rape a white woman. She grew up in Alabama. Her father was a professional lawyer. Calpurnia is the black woman in To Kill a Mocking Bird who looked after Scout and Jem. Calpurnia was one of the black maids working for whites in the 1930’s. She worked for a lawyer, resident of Maycomb. His name was Atticus Finch, father of Jem Finch and Scout Finch. Calpurnia is a flat character who has strong views and is in conflict with the society. This article examines the role of Calpurnia and her resoluteness in To Kill a Mocking Bird.

Keywords: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Calpurnia, Racial discrimination, Determination, Conflicts, Responsibility, Household Chores

The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was the umbrella description given to social efforts to end discrimination and support improved acknowledgement of the civil rights of minorities, together with blacks and women. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a year-long protest by blacks against the general public transit in Montgomery, Alabama, starting in Dec 1955. The integration of schools picked up speed once the Supreme Court’s verdict on Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. These developments helped Harper Lee instill strength and a moral code of ethics into characters such as Scout (a young girl), Atticus Finch (a lawyer and also the father of Scout and her brother Jem), and Tom Robinson (a black man unproved, defended by Atticus Finch).

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X. Merlin, M.A., M.Phil. Candidate
Research Scholar
Department of English
Karunya University
Karunya Nagar
Coimbatore-641114
Tamil Nadu
India
merlinx94@gmail.com

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