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Lessons About Race and Gender from the Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird

by Paul Thomson on Mar 24, 2010

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Part ofwhat makes Harper Lee ’s ToKill a Mockingbird such an important American classic is that it dealsunflinchingly with the theme of social convention – which packs an extra punchas seen through the eyes of an unconventional young girl. One of Scout’s majorepiphanies is discovering that her housekeeper, Calpurnia, not only has a lifebeyond simply raising Scout and her brother, but also...Read More >>



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America as Seen through the Eyes of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Crucible

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To Kill a Mockingbird and “The Crucible” are two classic American works that, though set centuries apart, have a remarkable amount in common: both use children as a means of exploring the social mechanisms behind wrongful persecution in small-town America. Admittedly, there are significant cultural differences between the two stories (the whole racism-vs.-witchcraft thing jumps to mind), but what really stands out is how different the take-home message of each story is. Let’s take a look.

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