“Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” Abraham Joshua Heschel. Racism is a big part of our history and in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” it is a bigger problem than ever. Set in Maycomb County, Alabama in the early 1930s, racism and discrimination are not a new thing. In the book the author, Harper Lee, uses many controversial issues such as racism, discrimination, and social class to create conflicts within the book. While also conveying important…
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