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To Kill a Mockingbird might just be them greatest novel of the 20th century. This book has been recognized for numerous awards, but Harper Lee still insists it’s just a simple love story. Perhaps it is the story’s focus on family and social values th ....

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.... descriptors to try to show the values of the families in Maycomb. One of the story’s greatest lessons is that social justice is not always easy to achieve. It tells the story of one Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man in a racist town who is accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Atticus believes and tries to show others that all people are created equal, at least under the law. Bob Ewell accused Tom of beating and raping his daughter and only the black families, and a handful of whites (including Atticus) seem to believe in his innocence. Therefore his chance of a fair trial was slim. The jury’s racism cuts short an innocenc ....