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Literacy Analysis In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Literacy Analysis It is wrong to judge someone by what they do or by their beliefs. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Gates shows her opinion about Hitler and his beliefs when she is talking to the class. Miss Gates said, “There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesn’t think so is a mystery to me” (Lee 245). Miss Gates judges Hitler by what he does to the Jews even though it is part of what he believes. In seeing her opinion about Hitler, we see how often we judge people by what they do just because we wouldn’t do it ourselves. Scout reveals what Miss Gates said and did at the courthouse and how it bothered her. When Scout tells Jem what she heard Miss Gates say: “I heard her say it’s time somebody taught ‘em

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