"To Kill a Mockingbird- could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. Monroeville was Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the society as deeply as she does. The people of Monroeville and other places in the South America recognised themselves and the part that they played in the society in the book; this illustrates the connection between the society in the 1930 and the fictional narrative. Having the book so accurate, the author can t...

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