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Boe and far greater than the social cost to atticus of defending tom robinson. i think point youre making is that you can reimagine it based on the way it is written. you dont have to take it at face value. >> absolutely. what lee is she shows layers of vulnerability and then she talks and she also makes very clear what are the moral failings. we have the accuser who is a poor white woman who is seen as inferior because of her class. she makes a false accusation that is morally problematic and y...

With difficult topics with a contextualization so students really get the context and dont just accept it at face value. >> what a great example, talking about humanizing people who would be difficult for most people to relate to. he does such an excellent job of making you empathize with the characters in his book. atticus tells his children, by the way, i know i dont have much time, to -- they have to walk in the shoes of others before they can judge them. do we know that to be less true now? ...

Thinking and it also is a subject of debate. and so it has value. whether it should be on every curriculum or not. thats a local question. but it is certainly ought not to be banned. >> so we had a lot of people come in and didnt like the race element in it and some viewers thought it was simplistic, others didnt like the prevalence of the "n" word. you write, the work pushes forth a humane ethethics. we know what is wrong and right by the emotional work of the text, better than by the rule of l...

Young white girl as she grapples with the realities of racism. also delving into the roles of gender, the loss of innocence, and the law. to look at to kill a mockingbird from a plot perspective, to void of its contacts, being banned so frequently by so many decorations, is to miss it significance entirely. motivated parents and emboldened school boards have been called to be removed from library and bookshelves since its publication in the 1960s. many have called for the book removal for the us...

As a jim crow order actually is structured to stratify everyone. and that is meaningful lesson, even though i have some critiques of the novel, as many do in terms of the failure to show the deep inferiority of the black characters, atticus is a complicated hero, not a tidy hero in the way we often see him. hes a proceduralist, believes in the rule of law, but isnt particularly excited about defending a black client. thats also, i think in many instances was -- >> you talk about the failure to e...

Educational development. this viewer taught the book for 30 years in her ninth grade classroom. with racial injustice, bigotry, and inequity still inherent in our current america i think examination in analysis makes contrast in this novel even more valuable. how far have we come? black students offer much insight in personal knowledge to this discussion, if willing and comfortable to share. the debate about this book is nuanced. to kill a mockingbird is many things, including a courtroom novel....