Part one of term paper
Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, to parents Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Lee is the youngest of four children. She grew up in a small town in Alabama called Monroeville. When Lee was a child she was a tomboy and read a lot. Lee and her childhood friend Truman Capote, who provided the basis of the character Dill in ...

Part two of term paper
... sister had many of the same qualities as the character Boo Radley. Her sister was a recluse who rarely left the house. Another influence on Lee’s novel was the Scottsboro case that took place in Alabama when Lee was only five years old. The Scottsboro case was the case against nine black men raping two white women. Even though evidence proved that the young black men never raped the two white women, the jury found them all guilty. This case left a lasting impression on Lee. She used this case as ...