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Theme Of Depression In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression and follows the story of a girl named Jean Louise Finch, addressed as “Scout” through the novel. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill are fascinated with the rumors of the notorious Boo Radley, who was said to have stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. Jem and Scout’s father Atticus is a lawyer and decides to take on the case of a black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. The Finch family received a great deal of backlash for defending a black man. Atticus provided exceptional evidence, but the verdict was unfortunately not in Tom’s favor. Atticus did feel some satisfaction because of the time it took for the jury
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