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Time to learn about metaphors in To Kill A Mockingbird. Yup. We know how to get a party started. 

What is the mad dog a symbol for? If we give it a Snausage, will it calm down? 

What is innocence and how is it related to ignorance? We know the answer to this one: they both start with an I. ...Right? 

Were black people portrayed as stereotypes in To Kill A Mockingbird? Was Harper Lee trying to draw attention to the problems with stereotypes, or d...

What were Jim Crow laws, and why weren't they changed? Hit play to find out, and to also count your blessings that you're growing up in the present...

Is Boo Radley just something that happens when a guy named Radley gives a bad performance? If you think that might be true, you should probably tak...

There's no way Tom Robinson could've committed any crime, so all's well that ends well, right? ...Right? ...Why isn't someone saying "right"?

How do 21st century readers comprehend To Kill A Mockingbird? And why does Atticus primarily focus on his family instead of the rest of the world?...

Sure Atticus lost the case, but he made his point and now—from somewhere in the back of the courthouse—a single clap starts what becomes a thun...

You can sleep well at night knowing that whether he wins or loses a case, Atticus will be a good person. Except if you're playing Trivial Pursuit w...

Atticus is the perfect gentleman, yet he doesn’t wear a monocle or carry a cane. Can these facts be reconciled?