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This is a over view of the book "To Kill A Mockingburd". It views the book from the main character's view.

Date Submitted: 09/06/2002 16:22:46
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 3 pages (881 words)
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To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee's greatest novel, focuses on the maturation of Scout in the "tired old town (Lee 3)" of Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930's. Maycomb is a southern town full of tradition, gossip, and burdened with a legacy of racism. The novel tries to encourage equal treatment and non-prejudice. Scout Finchs, the young narrator, innocent standpoint compels her to questions about why the blacks are treated the way they are. These questions are …

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…role of her father. In the later part of the novel you can see her decision clearly. She sits in the colored balcony and she burst into tears when her aunt tells her she can't be friend with Walter Cunningham, because once again he is not her " kind of folk (Lee 224)." Lee began the story in the innocent eyes of Scout, who is confused, and end they novel with Scout being a greatly changed perspective.

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