杀死一只知更鸟英文简介PPT.ppt

IntroductionvThe Movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, was made in 1962, which was adapted from a best- selling novel of the same title written by a woman writer, Harper Lee. v To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the American life during the depression, showing the life in a small town in Southern America through the visual angle of two children, Jem and Scout.v In this movie, Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus Finch who is a single father and also an attorney defends a black man who is wrongly accused of the rape of a white woman. With the development of this case, the lifeless town becomes active. Atticus Finch, the image of a great hero and the representative of benevolence and just in the ordinary world is becoming clearer gradually.v The mockingbird is not related to the plot literally. There is only one time to mention the mockingbird of the title which is that when they talk about shooting birds, Finch tells his children not to hurt the mockingbird because they only sing for human beings and never do harm to us. The mockingbird is mainly a symbol in the movie which stands for the innocent. Therefore, killing a mockingbird symbolizes that the evils destroy the innocent. In the movie, Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo, Mr.Raymond and Mayella Ewell are all mockingbirds spiritually.Relative ReviewsvTo kill a Mockingbird protests against racial discrimination and social unjustness sincerely. And at that time, the civil rights movement was becoming to attract all the nations’ attention. Peck and Finch is a perfect combination.-----------The New York TimesvTo kill a Mockingbird is a precious cultural relic of the times. It saved the hope and emotion for the world in that kinder, purer and more elegant America.-----------Chicago Sun-Times。