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“She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.” Such a good line.
— Jan 26, 2025 04:38PM
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“He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education and, even more amazing, no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.” (216)
Great line.
— Jan 27, 2025 06:39PM
Great line.
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Have I read this book? The name and description of Mrs. Bertha Flowers feels completely familiar. But nothing familiar before then. Is there a similar persona in To Kill a Mockingbird?
— Jan 26, 2025 04:31PM
“She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life…She was nearly singing. I wanted to look at the pages. Were they the same that I had read? Or were there notes, music, lines on the pages, as in a hymn book?”
“I was liked, and what a difference it made.”