"To Kill a Mockingbird"

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This paper studies the political impact of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and examines the political climate in the country at the time it which it was written. The life of Harper Lee is also detailed and it is shown how his upbringing influenced his work.

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"Harper Lee is the American writer, famous for her race relations novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, which became a runaway success due to the timing of the novel which was published at the height of Civil rights movement and also because behind its apparent simplicity and down-to-earth style it touched the heart of people from all walks of life. . In To Kill a Mockingbird, a black man (Tom Robinson) is accused of raping a white woman. There are strong undercurrents of racism running deep in the novel as the plot revolves around a community living in a small southern town. In the book, the narrator is a small girl (Scout), and the story has many themes running through it, as it is mainly a coming of age. "

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