Wednesday, February 13, 2013

What are at least two ways the movie A Time to Kill shows that some things have changed in the South, especially in terms of race?

In the
movie A Time to Kill, based on 's novel, there are several ways in which
racism has changed in the South, though there is still racial discrimination, and anger and
violence fueled by bigotry. 

Change has come about with the passage of time,
which has been the case since the href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/abolish"
title="abolish">abolitionists in America began to fight for the freedom
of the black race from slavery. Time brought about a strong abolitionist presence that not only
struggled politically for the end to slavery, but also provided help (via the Underground
Railroad) for runaway slaves to find their way out of the South, even as far north as Canada.
The Civil War proclaimed the dedication of both sides to address the question of
slavery. 

If we look at the film To Kill a
Mockingbird
, based on Harper Lee's novel, we can measure
more change over time It is the story of Atticus
Finch's fight for the rights of Tom Robinson, a free black manstill shackled by the prejudices
strongly rooted in the South, which...

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