Let's face it -- sometimes when you're studying a work of literature intensely, you tend to lose track of the plot (who-did-what-to-whom-where-and-when). Sometimes it's good to back up and just look at the bare bones of the story. Possibly understanding plot would be a lot easier if each character in the text you're reading had a Facebook page and could simply update his or her status after each major event.

Here's an example of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet turned into a Facebook Newsfeed. This piece was written by Sarah Schmelling for McSweeney's. (This link leads to the original document. This link leads to a mock Facebook page that makes Schmelling's piece look exactly like it might look if it truly were posted on Facebook.)

Now it's your turn to turn your text into a Facebook Wall. Check out Shmoop's To Kill a Mockingbird summary, To Kill a Mockingbird plot analysis and To Kill a Mockingbird characters. Now try to reduce or summarize the plot of your text into 10-15 Facebook status updates, using at least five different characters.

http://www.shmoop.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird/summary.html

http://www.shmoop.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird/plot-analysis.html

http://www.shmoop.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird/characters.html