Letts Explore "To Kill a Mockingbird"

by Stewart; Mahoney Martin, John Mahoney

The book offers a brief plot synopsis, a double-page graphic overview and insight into the text, a short introduction to major characters and themes, a who's who in the text - introducing a cameo icon for each major character. It explains major and minor themes in the texts - introducing thematic icons, gives a detailed commentary on the text, linked closely to the text for ease of reference, and features icons to enable flexible following of themes and characters. There is also a self-test quiz for each section, focusing on skills that will be required for coursework and exams and a checklist of important quotes. Guidance on structure and content of exam essays is given with examples of questions.

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1994

Reviews

[Rachael Hewison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I studied 'To Kill a Mockingbird' back in school and used this as a study guide at the time. On reading the classic again I thought it would be fun to re-read this guide and explore some of the key themes in a little more depth. I was surprised that it seemed to ask more questions than it answered. Although it was good in terms of making you think of the bigger picture it would ask things like "Why does Dill need to invent so many stories about his life?" and then leaves you to figure out the answer. I think it could have done a better job of offering up some more explanations. It did have some good quiz pages and a good page at the back that explains how to answer the exam questions well.