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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by harper Lee is a simplistic view of life in the compact South of America in the 1930s. An innocent but humorous berth in the story is through the eyes of guide and Jem Finch. Scout is a young adolescent who is growing up with the controversy that surrounds her fathers lawsuit. Her father, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who is defending a black man, Tom Robinson, with the charge of raping a white girl. The lives of the characters are changed by racism and this is the force that develops during the course of the narrative. As previously mentioned, the point of view in this narrative is from Scout. Her upbringing has been courteous to the African-Americans in her society and she shows this with her relationship with her maid, Calpurnia. Other children her age have choose their parents racially prejudice views, causing her of many problems. Atticuss lawsuit seems to isolate his children and Scout is taunted with remarks in the playground. Her only reto rt is violence and Atticus, as an virtuous father, does not condone this behaviour either My fist...