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Theme Of Personification In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Harper Lee, the writer, utilizes personification inside the first couple of pages of the book. While representing the town of Maycomb, Scout, the storyteller, states, "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it." During this time, many individuals battled The Great Depression because of the collapse of the stock market; they worked very hard and eventually becoming worn out. Giving the town the human-like normal for being "drained" mirrors the human state of the town. In Chapter 1, Scout introduces the mysterious and secretive Boo Radley. He got into an incident when he was younger and was placed into jail. His dad pledged to deal with him, and he was sent home. From that point onward, he was brought home and

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