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Who Is The Boy In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Firstly, the kids in To Kill a Mockingbird are expressed as mockingbirds. "Cal...Why do you talk nigger-talk to the--your folks when you know it's not right?" (Lee ). Sout asks Calpurnia. Scouts curiosity and naiveness towards the cruel adult matters of society come to show that she is clueless and innocent towards them shown when scout asks Calpurnia about her ‘folks’. Another example would be scouts appearance during the lynch mob. “Hey Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?...I go to school with Walter...and he does right well. He's a good boy” (Lee ). Scout being so young does not understand the reasoning of the lynch mob and notices Mr. Cunningham within the crowd and starts conversation with him not realizing that

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