***July 11, 1960-*** The book *To Kill A Mockingbird* by Harper Lee, a native of Alabama, was first published. The book went on to win the Pulitzer Prize, be made into and Academy Award winning movie, and sell approximately 30 million copies through today.  A theme of the book is the error of one person thinking they are superior to another because of racism, classism, snobbery, or family history. For example, late in the book, Aunt Alexandra tells the main character, eight of nine year old Scout, that she can’t have a schoolmate over to her house because, “They’re not our kind of folks.” As she discusses this incident with her brother, Scout states, “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” In reaction this her older brother states, “That’s what I thought, too when I was your age. If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” 

In my opinion, “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” is a rough reflection of the beginning of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” *To Kill A Mockingbird* calls for us to hold onto and live up to this ideal in spite of society often trying to pull us away from it.  This makes it an important novel for Preamblism.  

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