"To Kill a Mockingbird" is more than a story of a colored man, wrongly accused of having taken advantage of a white woman; it is the truth about the political and cultural landscape of the US in the early twentieth century, a description of an ideal American citizen in the character of Atticus, and a book of morality and thorough reflection. The article illustrates the reasons why this book should continue to be taught at schools.

Gothic, racism, equality, freedom

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