First, I want you to read this article. It isn't easy, so take your time. Then, I want to you jot down a few thoughts in your notes about what this means for TKM. Specifically, I want you to think about this quote:
"Our first home is also the place that we don’t understand until we leave. If we leave for good we go from insiders to outsiders in our hometown, a journey that upon completion can deliver a jolt of an epiphany. The Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan wrote, “Things too close to us can be handled, smelled, and tasted, but they cannot be seen—at least not clearly.” It takes distance for us to see what sources contributed to shape the present self. That’s why You Can’t Go Home Again became a pop culture catchphrase. "
Keep in mind that Harper Lee wrote the first draft of this book while living in New York, during the heat of the Civil Rights movement. Is she trying to understand where she came from? Is she trying to come to terms with the fact that the people she grew up with are the ones who were in the news lynching people?
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