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Similarities Between The Lamb And To Kill A Mockingbird
"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" correlate to To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee in its themes of innocence and exposure. “The Lamb” discusses the topic of childhood innocence and in the novel is delineated through three characters- Scout, Jem, and Dill. They are mockingbirds who only see good things. Due to this, they have a black and white perspective of the world. Lee exhibits their view during the trial. The children believed that the jury would acquit Tom Robinson. There was exculpatory evidence but that was not enough to prove his innocence. The jury's judgment, obscured by chauvinism, deemed Tom guilty. The children, due to their oblivion, couldn’t see that infectious racism. Their inability to see through that shows the ignorance that comes

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