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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought this book got banned?[/quote]
All the more reason to read it.[/quote]

Fair enough, but it wasn’t banned.  It was taken off required reading lists because of the white savior narrative. It’s widely available if anyone wants to read it, and it can engender great discussions about race and perspective.  [/quote]

Well he failed to save him!  So it was a failed white savior narrative[/quote]

[b]This is KEY[/b] and sadly overlooked. [/quote]

Tom was never going to be found not guilty. Atticus is the savior, notwithstanding the outcome of the trial.[/quote]

Tom was shot multiple times in the back while running away from guards. How exactly did Atticus save him? Atticus himself says he knows he isn’t going to win on appeal; he knows what he is up against. There was no saving.

If anything, the book shows the failure of the white community on two levels: Tom’s initial conviction (when he was so clearly not guilty) and then at his death by the hands of prison guards.

I’ve taught the book. It’s quite the indictment of the white community on Maycomb (and the US at large).

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