Adam Smykowski (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Smykowski, Adam. “Symbolism and Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird.” In Readings on “To Kill a Mockingbird,” edited by Terry O'Neill, pp. 52-6. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
[In the following essay, originally published online in 1996 as “Symbolism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird,” Smykowski analyzes Lee's use of symbolism to explore issues of racism in the novel.]
“I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the...
Source: Contemporary Literary Criticism, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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