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Essay Archive - To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence to Experience
To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence to Experience
Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, focuses on the
development of a brother and sister in the "tired old town" of Maycomb,
Alabama, in the 1930s. A number of people greatly influence Jem and Scout.
The major role model in their lives, their father Atticus, guides Jem and
Scout towards their own views about racism. Jem and Scout must come to
terms with the racism of their town and how it affects the people in their
life. Through their dealings with the people of Maycomb Scout and Jem
mature and realize that African Americans are “incapable of living on a
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