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Lee often uses humor in the telling of To Kill a Mockingbird. Explain one example of Lee’s humor from the reading

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“Jem sloshed water over the mud man and added more dirt. He looked thoughtfully at it for a moment, then he molded a big stomach below the figure’s waistline. Jem glanced at me, his eyes twinkling: “Mr. Avery’s sort of shaped like a snowman, ain’t he?” This is stating Atticus is amused when the snowman looks like Mr. Avery.
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