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Summary Of The Video 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

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While I was watching this video, I was reminded of the bold character,Atticus Finch, in To Kill a Mockingbird. Margot, the woman reflecting on segregation in the video, had thought of sitting in the back of the bus, even though African Americans were sitting back there and she was a white girl. She was sitting halfway on the black side of the bus and was soon picked up by a white man and told to move to her side. Her story reminded me of Atticus Finch who also went against segregation to represent an African American man in a case. The white man who picked Margot Stern Strom up could relate to the people in the book who are against Atticus Finch's decision and try to stop him (one example is Aunt Alexandra). While watching the video, I was

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