To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence To Experience
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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 ....
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.... search
for their own identity. They must find their own position and what roles
they will play in the whole racial game. When Atticus tells Jem and Scout
to, "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," he is referring to the notion that a
mockingbird is a harmless creature and does nothing but sing and bring
happiness to the world. Harper Lee takes the title for her novel from this
passage because the imagery of the mockingbird is co ....
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