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Diction And Pathos In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In Harper Lee's classic “To Kill A MockingBird” A great scene is when Scout and Jem were in court when Atticus was defending Tom Robinson. Atticus demonstrates the use of setting diction (words) and pathos

I think they learned that no matter how right you are, other people that don't like you well say that you're wrong. No matter how much evidence Atticus showed they weren't going to change the outcome of the trail. Scout and Jem don’t know the danger Atticus is facing for defending a black man. They think it’s normal for a white man to defend a black man. They see that black people sit separate from the rest of the white men. Jem and Scout When Atticus was showing that the man that hit Mayella was right handed and Tom Robinson couldn't

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