Analytical Thematic Paper On To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Reflection for “Analytical Thematic Paper” This a paper which to analyze the themes of the book which is called To Kill a Mockingbird. I wrote this paper to inform the theme of women need respect, and should play an important role in the society. I didn’t revise much grammar and punctuation problems in this essay because my grammar actually improved in my essay. However, I cannot be too proud of that, I still need to work on that. I deletes some sentences because I found out that there are a lot of sentences which are repetitive. I add some commentary in this essay. Lacking of commentary is one of my biggest problems in this essay. I try to connect the 1930s situations to the generation which we are living right now. Nevertheless, I don’t

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