Examples Of Allowing For Timelessness In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Allowing for Timelessness

Within To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee allows moral and physical acts of courage to be significant parts of the story and help account for the creation of such a timeless and sublime book.

Throughout the book, there are people who do extremely brave things that can sometimes show courage for physical matters. Scout and Jem allowed their courage to push them to make the bold decision to walk home in the darkness of night without adult company. They had been offered assistance in getting home “‘You all want a ride home?’ someone asked. ‘No sir, thank you,’ I heard Jem say”(347). Harper Lee could have written that Jem and Scout accepted the offer of the unnamed someone yet that would have made for a book that was