1. To Kill a Mockingbird and Persepolis
In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout notices the ironic hypocrisy of her third grade teacher, Miss Caroline. ... Lee and Satrapi use maids within the tolerant households of their protagonists as a symbol of the omnipresent intolerance of the public world. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout's father, Atticus, employs an African American maid, Calpurnia. ... Lee uses Calpurnia as a symbol of the intolerance of the public society being present within Scout's progressive personal world. ... Both Lee and Satrapi use the symbol of the maid to represent the presence of intolerant pu...
- Word Count: 1031
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate