Throughout the course of a lifetime, every human being gains a sense of that which is moral and what is amoral. The books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou feature this endeavor in their own unique ways. A dominating message within both stories asserts that observing the discriminatory nature of humans is a key source in a child’s compilation of precepts.
Each of the books, taking place in the early twentieth century, displayed many incidents involving racism and harsh judgement in which the children gleaned knowledge from. In To Kill a Mockingbird, for example, is an instance in which a black man was accused of rape despite there being substantial evidence to acquit him. Atticus Finch,
Each of the books, taking place in the early twentieth century, displayed many incidents involving racism and harsh judgement in which the children gleaned knowledge from. In To Kill a Mockingbird, for example, is an instance in which a black man was accused of rape despite there being substantial evidence to acquit him. Atticus Finch,