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To Kill a Mocking Bird

Life itself has many phenomena many which are social, referring to the interaction of humans as well as status; economical, varying from one single individual to that of a society; educational, the education which is received not only from an institution by through the influence of society, and others which are laws of nature. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses her skill to try to explain such phenomena as the coexistence of good and evil, the education of children and deceptive appearances. Which in turn become some of the themes of the novel. Many of Lee’s characters and the actions and attitudes they take perfectly exemplify such themes.
The contrast of good and evil plays a crucial part for the development of the story line, this conflict is represented through whites and blacks. Two people who represent this conflict are Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson. Whites consider Bob Ewell as “white trash” however, he sees himself above black people in the social ladd...

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