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1.This article talks about the differences between the way people's personalities and how they are shadowed in the sides that they favor (right/left). This seems a bit far fetched to me. Atticus has a bad eye, big deal that doesn't mean that he is a good or bad guy. I think that This book is over analyzed. We are picking up details that weren't made on purpose. Maybe Harper Lee tried to add the right/left thing and maybe she didn't but I think people need to stop thinking that there are a billion hidden meanings in this book. If this was intended then Harper Lee is a mastermind. If good authors are defined by the complexity of their novels, then Harper Lee gets an A in my book.

2. Redemption of Atticus-Joseph Crespino How dare you sir? Atticus-throughout the whole book hass never tried to hurt anyone and you think that it's okay to just say he's a bad guy? I think that Crespino is under the impression that Atticus was modeled with Abe Lincoln in mind. I disagree. Atticus sincerely believed that it was the right thing to do, to help a black man wrongly accused. He wouldn't have kept the case through all of the danger and criticism if he thought otherwise. So, in order to say that Atticus might have been a poser suggests that you, Joe, are either crazy or illiterate.BAM!