A good example of this is when the people of Maycomb convict Tom Robinson, who is just an innocent man was going about his business and is basically being charged for being black. ... The children at first believe the tales they here about Boo being seven feet tall, and eating the neighborhood cats and squirrels. They are also hinted to by most of Maycomb's white population that Tom is an evil black person that rapes white women, except that the children have Atticus" influence and a few others that are not racist and know better that Tom is innocent. This is also similar to Boo...

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When the mortar shrapnel wounds Fredrick, he is sent to recover at the newly built hospital where Cat is stationed. At Frederick's arrival, the hospital has too many nurses for the small number of patients and Cat fears that she will be sent somewhere else, away from her beloved Frederick: "They've too many nurses here now. ... As the war continues the number of wounded increases and Cat is able to stay. ... This is noticeable when the officers are discussing the controversial Black Pig novel and the major states " All thinking men are atheists' -. ...

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Dalton not being able to see Bigger which causes him to kill, similarly relates to whites seeing blacks not as humans, but as animals and their everyday fear of life. ... The blindness represents the distance between the black and white communities, explaining the everyday struggles that the blacks must face just to survive. ... The cat, which first breaks Zeena's pickle dish and then sits on her chair causes an "invisible presence". ... The actions of this cat can be interpreted as blindness and not being able to recognize the larger aspect of life. ... She looked like a doll ...

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By finding him guilty, they did not take the word of a black man over two whites because this threatens the system of their society. ... In addition, Scout tries to explain what Boo looks like to Dill saying that he was, "six-and-a-half feet tall, dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, his hands were blood-stained; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time" (19). ...

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For example when he says that Henry is like a "proverbial dead chicken- or when the armies "roar- or when Henry "fights like a wild cat- all examples of humans using their animal like instincts which makes this novel an example of naturalism. 5. ...

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Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. ...

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