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"Grandmother's Victory" by Maya Angelou and To Kill A Mockingbird by
Harper Lee have many significant similarities. Both authors deal with issues
such as racism and discrimination towards blacks. The authors show the
ignorance and bigotry displayed between the races in the late 1930's. The
main cha ....
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.... children harassing the blacks. This
scenario is the case you usually hear about. However, in To Kill A
Mockingbird it is whites harassing other whites for befriending a black. The
most common name for Atticus was "nigger lover".
Atticus doesn't mind the names or being harassed when he is alone. It
bothers Atticus when people would harass Jem and Scout. Atticus teaches
his children to treat everyone equal and to ignore the people who don't agree.
Grandmother Henderson does the same thing with Maya. Grandmother
teaches Maya to ignore the harassment and not to si ....
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