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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel
by Harper Lee. Although it was written in 1960 it is set in the mid-1930s in
the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. It is narrated by Scout Finch, a
six-year-old tomboy who lives with her lawyer father Atticus and her
ten-year-old brother Jem. During the novel Scout, Jem and their friend Dill try
to make their reclusive neighbour Boo Radley leave his house. Boo has not been
seen in Maycomb since he was a teenager.
MANY RESIDENTS OF MAYCOMB ARE RACISTS AND DURING THE NOVEL ATTICUS IS ASKED TO DEFEND TOM ROBINSON, A BLACK MAN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF RAPING A WHITE WOMAN. ATTICUS TAKES ON THE CASE EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS HE HAS LITTLE HOPE OF WINNING. THE READER SEES THE TRIAL DEVELOP THROUGH THE CHILDLIKE EYES OF SCOUT, AS GRADUALLY BOTH SHE AND HER BROTHER LEARN SOME VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS FROM THEIR FATHER ABOUT TOLERANCE, EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.
SO - NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT
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