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Prejudice And Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Through the eyes of Scout, a feisty six-year-old tomboy, To Kill a Mocking Bird carries us on an odyssey through prejudice and injustice in 1932 Alabama. Presenting her tale first of events from her childhood, the narrator draws near the stories of daring neighborhood exploits by her, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill. Maycomb, a tired and sleepy town, finds itself as the venue of the trial of Tom Robinson, a man falsely accused of raping a woman. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem's father and a man, is appointed to defend Tom for who a guilty verdict from an all-white jury. Juxtaposed against the story of the trial, is the children's hit and run relationship with Boo Radley, and Dill's Aunt Rachel, suspect of insanity, and who no one has
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