Which celebrated 1960 American novel by Harper Lee addresses racial injustice and prejudice in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, through the eyes of young Scout Finch and her lawyer father Atticus?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. To Kill a Mockingbird
- Step 1: Awarded the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this American classic draws on the author's childhood memories of Monroeville, Alabama.
- Step 2: Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' depicts moral integrity through attorney Atticus Finch, who is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of raping a white woman.
Answer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Why not the others: 'The Color Purple' The Color Purple is Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel exploring the lives of African American women in the Southern United States; 'Beloved' Beloved is Toni Morrison's 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about an escaped enslaved woman haunted by the ghost of her deceased child; 'Invisible Man' Invisible Man is Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel addressing African American social invisibility and identity in 20th-century America.
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