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the novel that I am reviewing is entitled A Time to Kill by John Grisham.
This is a very special comtroversial story that takes place in a southern state
where racism and the Ku Klux Klan are very big factors in the lives of manu
inhabiting in the small southern town. It tells the story of two white males
who commit a sadistic crime by beating and raping a young black girl and
leaving her on the side of the road to die. After this hideous crime was brough
to the attention of her father, Carl Lee Hailey, he decides to take justice
into his own hands and take the lives of two men whom vicously raped young
girl. The killing took place in the courthous and charges of first degree
murder were brought against Carl Lee. No one was willing to take the case
except for a valorous man by the name of Hake Bragance decided to take the
case. This is when the theme of the story starts to unfold.
Throughout the trial racism, prejudice, and mych hate crimes against the black
peoplein the community and were inflicted upon the young lawyer and his family
throughout the duratrion of the trial. Many people protested and stood for what
they believed in. These groups included the hateful Ku Klux Klan and the people
who were rooting for Carl Lee and his family. The white-black suject was always
a pending issue throughout the noveland though Grisham's writing, he very
cogent in how racism is still a huge issue in the United States and how it is
one of the biggest stains on the American fabric throughout history.