How Does Atticus Use The N-Word In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Despite how some people felt and still feel about the n-word it should be used in this circumstance for the purpose of education. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus and Scout are talking when Scout asks “Do you defend n*****s Atticus?” to which he responds “Of course I do. Don’t say n****r, Scout. That’s common.”(Lee 75). This discussion between an innocent little girl and her father show us how children don’t necessarily understand the meaning to things. Scout in this situation just thinks the n-word is a way to refer to an African American but in reality it is a word whites use to put down black people. Thankfully Atticus quickly tells Scout that she is not to use that word because its “common”. Although Atticus did not tell Scout

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