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The book To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a magnificent story about guilt, fairness, race relations, and about life itself. It is told in the eyes of an already mature six-year old girl named Jean-Louise Finch, "Scout" for short. In the midst of the story "Scout" and her older brother Jeremy Finch, also known as Jem, grew more in their maturity by seeing certain events that happened around them.

The stories major conflict is self-against-community while at the same time self-against-self. When "Scout's" father, Atticus, was faced with defending a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white girl, he new that his family would be ridiculed due to the racial prejudice of the time and place; that being Alabama in the 1930s. Additionally Tom Robinson, the accused, was a friend of Atticus. Atticus was faced not only with defending Tom throughout the trial, but also faced with defending his action to his c

I thought that this was not only just a good book, but also a great learning experience for children and many other people. I think that many people could learn not to judge someone for their skin color or what they look like but for

everyone is different and that people have their own opinion our world could be much happier and much more peaceful.

Tom Robinson was ultimately found guilty of rape and sentenced to death by a jury of white farmers. Atticus convincingly showed that, due to an injury to his right arm, he could not have inflicted the bruises on Mayella's face. He was further able to prove that Mayella's father was the rapist. Unfortunately, Tom was killed while trying to escape from a prison camp. Mr. Ewell felt ridiculed in court and swore to take revenge on Atticus.

One night after a school Halloween party, Mr. Ewell took his revenge. He attacked Atticus' children. Knocking Jem unconscious, h

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Approximate Word count = 619
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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