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To Kill a Mockingbird: Lee Harper


The novel by Lee Harper is a very interesting book, and has many morals that are very real and blunt. The language and grammar in the novel is very mature and can be taken inappropriately in an immature environment. The way that Lee Harper writes and shows every side of the spectrum is very personal to some. Through out the novel the word nigger is used. African Canadian mothers and teachers in Nova Scotia were concerned because of the ridicule to African Canadian students within the classroom. I don’t think it’s a concern unless you seem to have other ignorant students who take the word out of context, just to hurt someone. If those people can’t read the novel appropriately should either read another book or read it outside of the classroom.


The context that Harper describes in To Kill a Mockingbird is real for it’s time, and geography. To Kill a Mockingbird shows every side of the social, racial, and judicial boundaries of the time. The greatness of the novel by Lee Harper is it shows how bad things can be in such diverse ways. It also shows how far we have come, and if some people can’t maturely read the context, and stay focused, then they haven’t moved a long way since the great depression. My conclusion is that within each book their will be some passages and words that make people very uncomfortable. If you can’t look past the words, and use your mind to indulge in the thought, their can be lot’s of lessons you can miss.