Go Set A Watchman is the first draft submitted by Harper Lee to her then editor Tay Hohoff, with whom Lee worked for the next two years to revise and complete what was eventually published as To Kill A Mockingbird.
Go Set A Watchman, the second, and only other novel published by Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winning author of To Kill A Mockingbird, and the new novel is already shrouded in controversy: Did Lee REALLY want the book published? Was she competent to make the decision? WHY was the book being published now? Was this a sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird? A prequel? Or was it something entirely different? The literary furor increased just prior to the publication date as reviewers began to make claims about the book's worthiness, and that well known, established characters were being altered in ways which were not acceptable. This Analysis fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience. Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols….Thought Provoking /or Discussion Questions for both Readers & Book Clubs.Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed.Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel.This companion also includes the following: In finding that secret, she breaks many of the ties that had held her to Maycomb. While there, she remembers her past in the town, surrounded by family and long-time friends, and uncovers a secret her father, attorney and former legislator Atticus Finch, has kept for decades. Go Set a Watchman follows Finch as she returns to her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City on an annual visit. Occasioning critical commentary from the announcement of its impending publication through the revelation of how it treats characters long familiar from the widespread required reading of the novel it succeeds, To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel returns to many of the same themes of racial tension, small town life, the demands of prescribed femininity and the problems of the American South that the earlier novel treated. Harper Lee returns to publication in her controversial novel. Enjoy a Deeper Experience With Our Summary & Analysis!
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