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How does Harper Lee's use of diction contribute to the development of the characters within the novel? Please answer this question in SAQ format and include two direct pieces of evidence from the novel. Be sure to include in-text citations. chapters 12-14 of to kill a mockingbird

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Harper Lee's only book she published was To Kill A Mockingbird. This book won the Pulitzer prize. This prize is awarded to authors of good literature and writing. In the book, she makes connections to her family and her childhood. The Finch family, is connected to her real family due to her childhood experiences flowing through in her writing.  Her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, is connected to Atticus Finch in the book. Her father was a lawyer and justice server. He defended two black men in her childhood, and Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson in the book. Dill is representing Truman Capote, one of her closest friends as a child. They were neighbors all through childhood, and became writers together. Her mother died when she was twenty- five years old and in the book Scout's mother died when she two years old. Harper Lee was a tom boy in her early years and so is Scout. Scout is connected to Harper Lee in many ways and their childhood is connected together.

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