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Article: To Kill a Mockingbird.(law and literature)(Critical essay)
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- October 1, 2005
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a powerful novel of childhood. It is the tale of the Finch family of Maycomb, Alabama in the mid-1930s. Jean Louise, known as Scout, who is seven when the story commences, narrates the novel. Much of the novel is given over to the events of the lives and her 11-year-old brother Jem. The events in Maycomb take place over a year or so. Scout is looking back at this crucial time in her life from an adult perspective.
Maycomb is described as a tired old town. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop, green grass grew on the sidewalks and the courthouse sagged in the square. The summers were horrendously hot with men's stiff collars ...
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