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Unlock the more straightforward side of Go Set a Watchman with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, the sequel to the globally renowned
To Kill a Mockingbird, which forces readers and characters alike to accept some difficult truths when the narrator, Scout, returns to her hometown and becomes infuriated with the stagnation, lack of ambition and backwards attitudes of people she has known and loved her whole life. The book's unexpected and controversial discovery, together with the exceptional eminence of the author – winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely credited as having written a true American classic – caused its publication to be highly anticipated, with Amazon stating that it was their most pre-ordered book since the
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Harper Lee
American author
Born in Monroeville (United States) in 1926Notable works:To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), novelGo Set a Watchman (2015), novelNelle Harper Lee – to use her full name – was the daughter of a lawyer, a tomboy and an avid reader. She had been friends since childhood with Truman Capote (American writer, 1924-1984), who supported her morally and financially when she decided to give up studying law in order to become a writer. From then on, she followed him and assisted him in his own writing project, which would become the famous novel In Cold Blood (1966), by helping him in his research and interviews. When the book was published, Capote dedicated it to her.
Author of the very famous To Kill a Mockingbird, of which over 40 million copies have been sold worldwide, Harper Lee created a buzz when, 50 years later, she published Go Set a Watchman, where we meet Scout and Atticus Finch, the heroes of her first work, once more.
Go Set a Watchman
The return of Scout and Atticus Finch
Genre: novelReference edition: Harper Lee, N. (2015) Go Set a Watchman. London: Heinemann.First edition: 2015Themes: racial segregation, justice, disillusionment, emancipation, critical thinkingGo Set a Watchman continues the story of the main characters of Harper Lee’s first novel 20 years after its events. Scout is now a young, independent woman and, when she returns to Maycomb, her birthplace in Alabama (United States), she sees her loved ones in a new light. Passing from disappointment to disappointment, realising that her father is, in fact, xenophobic, she must confront him in order to grow from her challenges.
After the huge success of To Kill a Mockingbird, the reception of this second novel is mixed. Some cry scandal, judging certain passages to be simply plagiarised from her previous novel. Readers are also disappointed to see Atticus as a weak, racist man. Far from being a novel exclusively about racial segregation, it primarily deals with the theme of women’s emancipation through the portrayal of Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, who, at the time, is questioning the adult world with a very moving naivety and innocence.
