An example of a novel that accomplishes more than good storytelling is examined in this overview of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird consisting of five pages. There are no other sources listed.
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which involves a simple childhood and a small town, it is much more than that as it delves into the injustices seen in this country. It is through this perspective
that Lees story becomes more than one which only tells us a good story. It has morals, ethics, hopes, and dreams of a better world where all are accepted and
respected. In the following paper we examine Lees novel, providing quotes and discussing them as they illustrate how her story is more than just a good tale. To Kill
a Mocking Bird: More than a Good Story The first quote to be examined is one wherein Scout is being reprimanded by her teacher. Her teacher tells her, "Your father
does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now" (Lee 17). While this seems to be a simple and relatively harmless statement, and also a statement that
would help to make a good story with Scout as the protagonist, it is also a quote that symbolically presents us with the mentality of the town. The teacher is
telling Scout that her father, a lawyer, is a bad teacher. Yet, here is Scout, reading at writing at an age that excels other students skills. Scouts father is anything
but a poor teacher, and we learn this more and more as the story unfolds. We further see this important theme, that being which indicates that Scouts father is
an excellent teacher in a world that is ignorant and uncaring, in the following quote: "First of all, he said, If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, youll get
along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.....until you climb into his skin and