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“To Kill A Mockingbird”, a story by Harper Lee, tells the tale of a young girl named Scout. She

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“To Kill A Mockingbird”, a story by Harper Lee, tells the tale of a young girl named Scout. She lives with her father Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer, and her older brother Jem in Maycomb, Alabama. This story follows Scout through the journey of growing up over the time period of a few years, and also shows us her learning some very crucial life lessons. Its summer in Maycomb, Alabama when Scout and Jem get a new next door neighbor Dill , who lives with his aunt during the summer. The three children become interested in Boo Radley, who was a neighbor who had gotten in trouble with the police when he was young and his father kept him trapped inside the house as his punishment. Later his father died but Boo had still not been out of his …show more content…

Since this story was set in the 1930’s racism and discrimination were still bug issues. Atticus knows that is the case and knows that there's not much hope for winning this case, but still agrees to defend him in court. Scout and Jem do get teased to some degree due to the fact that their father is defending a black man accused of rape. Infact Scout almost gets into a fight at school because kids are teasing them about it. Atticus tells Scout “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting' with your head for a change“ (101). When the trial begins people gather from all around to see what this case is to bring. Tom has lots of evidence against him such as bruises all over her face. As Atticus interrogates Mayella, he ask why she had bruises on the right side of her face, when Tom lost the use of his left hand as a child. Atticus accuses her father of beating her, and that makes Mayella mad because Atticus was not accusing the black man. As the case progresses, many defend Tom and take up for him saying what a good person and also what a hard worker he was. Mayella keeps pleading her case as victim and eventually Tom is accused guilty by a jury of all white people. It seems very clear that Tom is not guilty, but since racism was still

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