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Tkamtheme
Tkamtheme
Tkamtheme
April7,2014
Ms.Zierenberg
Analysis
Racismisanissuethatmanywouldsaynolongerexist,thatitwasathingofthepast,butI
believethatitisstillamodernissue.InthefamousnovelToKillaMockingbird,setinthe1930s,
HarperLeesaysInourcourts,whenitsawhitemanswordagainstablackmansword,thewhite
alwayswins(#167).Thisissayingthatattheendoftheday,segregationandracismarepartof
society.
InthebookIn"TheAbsolutelyTrueDiaryofaPart_TimeIndian"ByShermanAlexie,themain
characterArnoldfacesracialdiscriminationbecauseheisanindianboyattendingawhiteschool.This
connectstoTKAMbecausetheybothsharethethemeofracism.