Which of the following events influenced the start of realism in american literature.
the crimean war
the franco-prussian
the us civil war
the spanish american war

The US Civil War

Explanation:

Realism refers to a genre in literature that bases on the forces of nature, government and war, all of them confronted to the common man. These authors wanted to differentiate from the romantic ones, who focused on emotions, imagination and the individual. Realism authors wanted to represent in a faithful way real life and actuality through fiction. It became popular in American literature between 1860 and 1890, when the country was trying to recover and unite after the Civil War. Inequalities were everywhere, the increase of industrializationa and immigration were important topics to write about.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).