Explain how this story is told as a flashback.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Explain how this story is told as a flashback.

Plz explain how this story is told as a flashback.

Flashback: a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

Asked by Xavier F #603677 on 1/27/2017 1:29 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 1/27/2017 1:52 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 1/27/2017 1:52 AM

Scout is writing the story as an adult using her memories. She tells the story through the voice of her younger self. I'm not sure what I can add to this. Note the past tense limited omniscient point of view in the quote below:

Atticus was right. One time he said you never really knew a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.

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