Harper Lee
American · 20th century
American novelist best known for 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960), a novel exploring racial injustice and moral growth in the American South.
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Uncle Jerry draws a parallel between the bridge lyric about kids sneaking into a cobwebbed house and the children trying to see Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, the feared, misunderstood recluse.
Notable Works
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman
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Context within the Archive
To Kill a Mockingbird
“So all you kids can sneak into my house with all the cobwebs”
Uncle Jerry draws a direct parallel between the bridge lyric about kids sneaking into the speaker's cobwebbed house and the scene in To Kill a Mockingbird where Scout and her brother want to go see Boo Radley. He uses this to illustrate the idea of outsiders wanting to peer into the speaker's mysterious, feared life.