... ultimately loses in his legal defense of Tom. As a result of this experience, Atticus expresses a certain disillusionment when, at the conclusion of the book, he agrees to conceal Boo's culpability in the killing of Ewell, recognizing that Boo would be stereotyped by his peers. Atticus decides to act ... , has sold millions of copies, and has never gone out of print. The initial critical response to Lee's novel was mixed. Many reviewers lauded the book as a poignant and insightful exposé of racism in the South, and a powerful rendering of modern heroism. Others, however, found fault wit...

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... by Harper Lee covers and goes into depth about the racism in a little town called Maycomb in Alabama; narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, or Scout, as the book references her. Scout is exposed to hatred and racism to colored people as she grows up in Maycomb. In the beginning, the racism is not outright harsh, but as the ... book continues, it becomes very obvious and detrimental. Scout herself starts out as a young child who doesn't think much of colored folks, which is inadvertently forged by the racism of Maycomb ... ...

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... up for himself and then finally at the very end he was able to overcome his fear and do what was important, and right. Lee also uses characterization in his book To Kill a Mockingbird. The character Atticus Finch relates to the quote because he is a lawyer and he has to defend a black man. He too did what he knew was right ... ...

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