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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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To Kill a Mockingbird

On the courthouse steps in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout hears Miss Gates say, "it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can...

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Scout's teacher discusses the Holocaust in chapter 26 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Miss Gates explains the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship and denounces Hitler's persecution of the...

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Lee includes Hitler in "To Kill a Mockingbird" to highlight the hypocrisy of racism in Maycomb. Miss Gates condemns Hitler's persecution of the Jews but later expresses racist views about Tom...

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To Kill a Mockingbird

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Gates discusses current events and praises American democracy for "equal rights for all." She contrasts this with Nazi Germany's persecution under Hitler. However, Miss...

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