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How Does Harper Lee Use Of Tension In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the fictional town of Maycomb is situated in Alabama during the early 1930’s, and is home to the main characters Jem, Scout and Atticus Finch. In this piece of text, ideas of racial prejudice, discrimination and innocence are explored. “Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street. The mockingbirds were silent, the carpenters at Miss Maudie’s house had vanished” (10.98). The use of imagery creates a realistic depiction in the mind of the reader as to how seriously the citizens of Maycomb took the threat that the mad dog presented through the building of tension and suspense. Not only were the townspeople frightened, but the mockingbirds were silent. Harper Lee’s use of the
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