Why are people scared to change the way they are for the better? This question is explored in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. A young girl, Scout, is exposed to this in a small town called Maycomb, a place no one’s heard of in southern Alabama. She lives with her father, Atticus Finch, and brother, Jem, as well as their maid Calpurnia. Atticus has constantly been criticized on his upbringing of Scout and Jem, but it was one of minimal sugar-coating and is ultimately for their greater…
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