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To Kill A Mockingbird Choices
“My mama said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.” In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she presents us with Scout, Boo and Redly who are often misunderstood. In life we have choices where we can follow others, or we have can forqe our own paths. Life is a big pot of choices.
Scout has a lot of experiences in a asking a questions. “Well how do we know we ain’t Negroes.”(147) during the novel there’s a lot of racism between blacks and whites; the little kids did not know what difference was between them. Her parents were trying to explain to her why they’re not “negroes” even though they are not Scout still does not know the differences.
Boo, a recluse boy who never sets foot outside his

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