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1、HarperLee,thecontemporaryAmericanwriter,isnoticeableforhergreatnovelToKillaMockingbirdwhichhasbeenwelcomedandlovedbyreaderssinceitspublication.ThisnovelfocusesonthetrialoftheblackmanTomthoughtheeyesofthelittlegirlScoutwhoexperiencesinnocencetomatureinordertodisplaythesocialre
2、alityandassailthesocialevilssuchasthesocialhierarchy,racialdiscriminationandthedarksideofhumannature,atthesametime,theauthorconvincesthereaderthatthereisstillgoodandjusticeinhumanbeing.WhileToKillaMockingbirdhasbeenabestsellerthatwonreader’slovesinceitwaspublishedin1960,andth
3、ebookreceivedthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1961.In1999,itwasnamed"thebestnovelofthecentury"inaninvestigationlaunchedbythelibrarymagazine.Harper•LeewasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedomin2007,butthestudyofthenovelisrelativelyfew,inviewofthis,thepapertriestoanalyzeToKillaMockin
4、gbirdfromthewiderangeofinfluenceonAmericanLiterature－Gothicfeaturetoallowmorereaderstoappreciatethecharmofthenovel.Allinall,theuseofGothicelementsinHarper•LeeToKillaMockingbirdenhancesthereadabilityofthenovel,givingtheirworksaspecialartisticcharmandmakingithandeddownamongthee
5、nduringmasterpiece.HarperLeeisanAmericanwriter,whoearnsherfameworldwidebywritingthenovelToKillaMockingbird,whichisprizedbythenovelistandessayistTrumanCapote:“Someonerarehaswrittenthisveryfinenovel,awriterwiththeliveliestsenseoflifeandthewarmest,mostauthentichumor.Atouchingboo
6、k…solikeable.”1HarperLeewasbornonApril28,1962,inMonroeville,Alabama,whosefatherwasalawyer.OneofLee’schildhoodfriendswasthefuturenovelistandessayistTrumanCapotewholivedwithrelativesnextdoortoLee’sfamily.DuringherundergraduatestudiesattheUniversityofAlabama,Leewroteforseveralst
7、udentpublications,whichbuiltasolidfoundationforherfuturewriting.Inthemid1950s,shemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereshecompletedandpublishedToKillaMockingbirdintheyear1960.ToKillaMockingbirdwasanimmediatebestsellerandwongreatcriticalacclaim,includingthePulitzerPrizeforLiteratureinApril1
8、961.ShewasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedomoftheUnitedStatesforhe
