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Essay Archive - To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
Miss Harper Lee has chosen Scout as a first person narrator in this story.
This narrative technique has many strengths and some weaknesses. Scout is
a bright, sensitive and intelligent little girl. For all her intelligence,
she is still a child and does not always fully understand the implications
of the events she reports. This is sometimes amusing, as the time she
thinks Miss Maudie's loud voice scares Miss Stephanie. Scout does her best
to inform us of the happenings at the Tom Robinson trial. Yet, she is not
certain what rape is, and is neither aware of....
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