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I thought that the first article we had to read was over-examing __To Kill a Mockingbird.__ When the author talked about Bob's left hand and Tom's right hand, I thought maybe they had something here. But then the author just went overkill and said that everytime Harper Lee mentioned left or right it was a symbol for something. I thought that when the author mentioned how when Scout uses the word "facing" to describe something, he/she said that the word facing was a symbol for how he had to face the jury. I guess bacon is a sybmol for the mistreatment of animals, or how my Uncle Joe Shmoe works on a farm. Of course people are entitled to their own opinion, but this article's author just went too far with all it's symbolism. It kind of reminds me of a TV show where they had people over evaluate something.

I read the PT Journal titled The Redemption Of Atticus, and it was shocking to say the least. From what I could follow, Crespino was criticizing Atticus. I agree with the author of the first response, Marcus Jimison, because he said that Atticus stands for equality and justice, and I think that if one would read the book, then they would certainly agree with something along the lines of that. He says that Crespino is making Atticus look like a man who only helped a black man because he was the only one who could. I find it strange how someone could even say something like that about a fictional character. All throughout the book, Atticus is portrayed as a kind man who never strikes back and he looks at things considering different people's points of views on situations. Now if Crespino read the book, he should clearly see that Atticus was just doing the right thing because it was his moral duty. In fact, Atticus even says that in the book. I agree that Crespino make his comments on something other than the text, because this book has a lot to offer people because of it's valuable life lessons.