We raise the proverbial question: "Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life?". ... In the popular high school book To Kill A Mockingbird, the author talks of rape and uses words such as "nigger"" throughout the text. ...

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As the character of Atticus Finch recognizes in "To Kill a Mockingbird"", cases such as defending negro Tom Robinson against the charge of rape in his home town of Maycombe "come along once in a lifetime" (link to text/quote)and there is no turning away from such moments. ... Standing up against Maycombe's narrow-mindedness however also causes some townsfolk to question their inherent racism. ...

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