Examples Of Disappointment In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Disappointment is a natural thing that happens in life, but it’s not always seen as bad. It can be taken in good ways like, to learn lessons. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope” – Martin Luther King Jr. Many stories describe disappointments as bad but most disappointing stories end with a lesson learned. Just like the story “To Kill a Mockingbird” it describes the story of two young children living in a small town called Maycomb. They learn many lessons throughout the school year and also during the summer when their friend (Scouts husband) Dill comes to visit his aunt. Like one summer they were spying on a neighbor who has not came out doors for over ten years and later taught that sometimes people need

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