Friday, March 26, 2010
Group B Prompt
For my reasearch essay i decided to choose the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The novel was written in the 60s about a town in the 30s. It is a tale about a lawyer who is defending an African American who is accused of murder. This story goes into detail about the treatment of the African Americans of the town. I believe that this book played a big part in the improvement of treatment of minorities. Other books helped in the civil rights movement but i believe that this novel had the biggest impact.
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I love the book, To Kill a Mockingbird! It was probably my favorite book from high school. I think it is very well written and examines the racial issue in a different way than most books and also was a story that was ahead of its time. It is very understandable and also teaches the value of raising your children to not discriminate against people who are different than them, which is a major American value (though it doesn't always seem that way). I think you should also talk about the movie- which was also great, along side the book. They both impacted America surrounding the issue of segregation.
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