To Kill A Mockingbird Research Paper

No such thing as “Equality” only Segregation: To kill a mockingbird in the Real World
The topic research I chose was on the book “How to Kill a Mockingbird” to further understand why it was banned from using it as an educated references in public schools throughout the US. In reading the book the areas that support my research are racial prejudice, social status, violence, obscenity, and content suitable in an age group.
The story takes place in the era of the Great Depression, 1930-1950, in a small rural town in Alabama. The town is small enough that everyone knows each other from their spouses to the children. However, not many have been around long enough that they could go trace their ancestry past. The book is narrated by Scout, of which she describes in detail where she’s from, her sibling Jim, and father Atticus Finch, of which is an attorney for the town, and introduces many other characters as her childhood progresses. For the topic of racial …show more content…
The words used were describing mostly the character in the book, or situation as it occurred. The words commonly used were Nigger about 54 times as previous discussed. The next was damn 10 times, and was used as “Jem, that damn lady says” (pg 18), or “As, that’s a damn story,” (pg 81). The word dumb was used about three times and used as “You’re mightily dumb sometimes” (pg 85), or “I suppose struck dumb most of the time” (pg 143). The word Whore and whore-lady was used about 4 times, a meaning unacceptable to use in public schools. Another word used in context of endangerment is kill you and was used about 6 times in the book. In introducing Dill, he was described as having a head like duckfluff, and Dracula. In today’s society that context and meaning of words to describe someone would be considered bullying, and that would be deems for disciplinary action or grounds for expulsion at a public school for use of damnatory

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