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First Person Narrative Analysis

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“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes” (Charles Spurgeon). To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a first person narrative recounting two years in the life of Scout Finch. The novel is about the personal growth, social justice, injustice and friendship. The core of the novel is the essentially concerned with the problems of prejudice and cultural bias in the 1930s. In life, everyone learns to walk in someone’s shoes before judging them. Mrs.Dubose and Jem learn to walk in each other shoes. Mrs. Dubose says rude stuff about Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father. Which only makes Jem furious and he destroys her flowers. “Jem, she’s old and ill. You can’t hold her responsible for what she says or does”

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