How Does Harper Lee Use Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

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¨To Kill A Mockingbird¨ is an good example of both human morals and discrimination. Through symbolism, conflict and characterization Harper Lee illustrates that discriminating against people because they are different is unfair because you haven’t even given them a chance. People are prejudice although slaves were freed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 by an act called the ¨Emancipation Proclamation¨ people still underestimated blacks and treated them as if they weren’t equal to whites.
Harper Lee uses symbolism throughout the book; a symbol she uses is the Radley’s house. The Radleys house was a symbol because people were judging them by the rumors they heard. The Radleys were thought of as these mean horrible people throughout the book but in the

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