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To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird is an extremely important book to read and applies to both the 1950s, when it was written, and the 21st century, where we forget the struggles our grandparents went through to end racial discrimination. Jean Louis Finch (known as Scout throughout the story) lives in the sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama, along with her brother, Jem, and her widowed father, Atticus Finch. Written from Scout’s perspective, we learn about her childhood in the Great Depression, and the hardships they faced due to Atticus’ decision to defend an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman in the midst of a world clouded by racial segregation.! Tom Robinson was given a guilty verdict, despite there being no substantial evidence of him committing
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