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Right vs Left-Good and Evil

This is a relationship that I would have never thought of, not because it is along a long line, but because it's one of those things that can only be caught if you made no conclusion after you have read the clues. I read that Bob Ewell was left handed and that Mayella's left eye was good still, but then I assumed that Bob Ewell was guilty and that is what replaced the left and left concept. Also, it mentions that the right eye was bad and not that the left eye was good, so it would throw off the direct correlation a bit. Normally I would affiliate right as good, but left as bad has never crossed my mind too much. Right is doing what IS right and that means good, but those are two different meanings of the same word. Left and evil are no where near each other. I like the way that anyone who was evil had the advantage of left and those who were good had the advantage of being right-something. It makes me wonder if Harper Lee had intended this to happen, though I'm sure that she did think of everything.

Redemption of Atticus

I like how many people disagree with Crespino's view on To Kill a Mockingbird, that it is a book that focuses on racism and that Atticus is not a hero. I myself find myself disagree with him like so many others. I agree that the book is not just about the racial aspect, but also about growing up and having morals. Yes, there are such scenes, but they are portrayed as horrible things. And Atticus is a hero because he was courageous and although faced with many combatants, kept a calm face and thought his way out of it.