To Kill a Mockingbird | Literary Qualities
Lee neatly structures her novel around a dual plot and dual themes; the novel is evenly divided into two parts. In her graceful, understated style, Lee weaves together a story about two children growing up in a small southern town, and a story about the children's father, a white attorney who defends a black man unjustly accused of raping a white woman. Because both stories involve Jem, Scout, and Atticus, Scout's first-person narration, with its focus on the development of these three characters, unifies the different story lines.
The narrator's emphasis on Jem is particularly...
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