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How Does Harper Lee Use Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In today’s society, people are not treated equally. Many people push for equality, but the problem is still occurring today. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she uses racism to prove how people’s views on African American’s have not changed. Through the use of symbolism and diction, Harper Lee shows the idea of social injustice against blacks. Lee uses symbolism to show how innocent people are sometimes treated unfairly. In Chapter 10, Atticus states, “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. The mockingbird is meant to symbolize innocent people or minority. By using this statement, Harper Lee is trying to show how it is unjust to accuse a guiltless person, in this case Tom Robinson, of committing a crime just because of his

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