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In the last paragraph (lines 64–79), the author suggests that the primary reason Lee took so long to publish her novel was because
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- 00:05
Okay last one in this section from the deep south
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in the last paragraph on line six for seventy nine
- 00:10
Authors suggest that the primary reason lee took so long
- 00:13
to publish her novel was because well why Well the
- 00:20
quotation from lee is critical here Our faith in you
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- 00:23
was really all i had heard them say Although to
- 00:27
kill a mockingbird is a masterpiece lean needed some convincing
- 00:30
before she unleashed it upon the world Thank goodness and
- 00:33
you know her friends that she did well the finances
- 00:35
or sure to have helped But lee's response suggests that
- 00:38
it was more the act of faith it took for
- 00:40
her friends to make the gesture and then the money
- 00:42
itself There's no indication that lee's personal connection to the
- 00:45
story kept her from wanting to publishers and lee's foray
- 00:50
into law school well likely did play a role in
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delaying the publishing of the book But all that happened
- 00:54
before she set off for new york determined to write
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to get rid of the there Her many random jobs
- 00:59
indicate that well she didn't know what to do with
- 01:01
her life but she did later decide to become a
- 01:04
writer Still we recommend consulting a guidance counselor or shmoop
- 01:07
careers before you decide that in english Major is the
- 01:10
right degree for you You could end up sitting in
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my chair and you so don't want to do that
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