1. To Kill a Mockingbird
... derogatory, hateful word. I think I may be able to understand why some urban groups have started to refer to themselves as niggers. I think it takes the control of the word back to the people it was used against. Lastly, Tom Robinson is the married, handicapped character that attended Purchase Church since he was a boy ... does think that trials like this probably did happen. It's not a comforting thought, even if it was seventy-years ago. Less comforting is the slow process that we as a country have made in those seventy years. Hauntingly close to the fictional Tom Robinson case is that...
- Word Count: 1892
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: High School