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How Did The Trial Affect Maudie's Childhood In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Harper Lee slows down time and the pace of the story during these chapters because this is a large event that will greatly affect Scout’s view of Maycomb and her childhood. Harper Lee can be shown slowing down the chapters with the trial to provide the reader with some foresight on how much this influenced Maycomb and how the citizens reacted to it. If Harper Lee had sped through the details of the trial, we would not have gotten to see how the community and individuals of Maycomb and their views on the trial and life in general. For example, Miss Maudie’s opinions of the trial were very different than the majority of the whites. Miss Maudie said, “I simply wanted to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant

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