To Kill A Mockingbird Essay

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…who they truly are, they are unjustly persecuted. When Scout returns from the Radley house at the end of the novel, she tells Atticus that, "He (Boo) was real nice" (281). Atticus responds, "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." Had the attitudes of the people of Maycomb been as open as those of Scout and Atticus, there would no doubt be many more mockingbirds enlightening Maycomb and far fewer sinners destroying the town.