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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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Okay last one in this section from the deep south

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in the last paragraph on line six for seventy nine

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Authors suggest that the primary reason lee took so long

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to publish her novel was because well why Well the

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quotation from lee is critical here Our faith in you

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was really all i had heard them say Although to

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kill a mockingbird is a masterpiece lean needed some convincing

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before she unleashed it upon the world Thank goodness and

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you know her friends that she did well the finances

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or sure to have helped But lee's response suggests that

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it was more the act of faith it took for

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her friends to make the gesture and then the money

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itself There's no indication that lee's personal connection to the

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story kept her from wanting to publishers and lee's foray

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into law school well likely did play a role in

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delaying the publishing of the book But all that happened

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before she set off for new york determined to write

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to get rid of the there Her many random jobs

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indicate that well she didn't know what to do with

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her life but she did later decide to become a

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writer Still we recommend consulting a guidance counselor or shmoop

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careers before you decide that in english Major is the

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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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