Notes from http://www.harperlee.com/bio.htm
Reflection/Summary
My impressions of Lee as a person is that she was very reserved, and to an extent almost reclusive, yet at the same time very level headed, which came across in her writing.
Having grown up in the midst of the great depression in America, she had become a lot more open minded to the surrounding issues, especially racism in that era.
She was described as a 'loner and individualist', suggesting that she was very headstrong, sticking up for her friend Truman Capote at school and seeing herself very much as a rough and tough tomboy.
Not having read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as of yet, I am already getting the impression that Lee's father had a great influence on her writing. Mr Lee, similarly to Atticus Finch, was a lawyer belonging to the state legislate that had to fight a case in defence of a black person, which in that day was sincerely frowned upon.
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