Inequalities In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the book “To kill a mockingbird” Scout has developed her knowledge of differences and inequalities in her community.Harper Lee shows us how Scout grows us in her community and how it affects her and what her opinions are. She also show us different problem in Scouts community like racism,poverty and inequality.

Racism is a big issue through the book. Scout lives in a community where people are racist all the time, most of the people call a black person nigger not their actual name. This affects the kids in the community and they use the n-word all the time without knowing that is it wrong. An example of this is when it is snowing in Maycomb for the first time on many years and Scout,Jem and Dill wants to make a snowman,”Jem, I ain't

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