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>>>Seems that some idiots don't understand that "nigger" was a common word at that time.
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>>Or why it was used in the book - it served a very clear purpose in telling the story. It is a reflection of the deep south twenty years before the civil war and how one boy learns to make moral choices and rise about the common views of the day -- Jim is the moral center of the story and portrayed as more of a human being than the other characters.
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>An excellent synopsis!
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>Not in the same class, it's popular fiction, but have you read any Lee Child? Jack Reacher strikes me as your kind of guy.
One of my favorite authors -- we've posted numerous times about Lee Child in the past Mike....
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