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Who Is The Splinter In To Kill A Mockingbird

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It is just a picture about Lee removes a metal splinter from his wife’s hand. Somehow, he remembers the scene when he was a boy of seven and his father removed a splinter from his palm. To distract the boy, the father told a story in a low and reassuring voice. The poem ends with the boy kissing his father as he holds up the splinter. In describing this ordinary scene, Lee reflects on the complex relationship that exists between father and son. Although the son does not remember the story, he can “hear his voice still, a well/ of dark water, a prayer.” He recalls his father’s tenderness as he laid his hands against his face, but he also remembers “the flames of discipline, he raised above my head.”
Lee also emphasizes to the reader “Had you
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