Scout narrates in the first person, telling what she saw and perceived at the time and augmenting this narration with thoughts and evaluations of her familiarity in retrospect. Although she is by no means an omniscient narrator, she has matured considerably over the intervening years and often implicitly and humorously remarks on the naïveté she brandished in her thoughts and activities as a young girl.
Introduction
Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, a drowsy little village alike in numerous modes to Maycomb, the setting ...