To Kill A Mockingbird And Great Expectations: An Analysis

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A great novel is not determined by the excellence in which is it written, or by the compelling storylines, but when a universal truth about the human condition is exposed to the reader and a catharsis is achieved. When analyzing the subsequent novels; Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird and Great Expectations a question is posed, in regards to the transition between adolescence and adulthood. A widely known sentiment is that children and adults live in completely divergent worlds, the difference can be attributed to loss of innocence, and the desensitization to suffering, hardships and evils of our