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Summary: A fine work of art.
Review: To kill a mockingbird takes place in Macomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a quiet, innocent little town until one day when a Blackman raped a white woman. You follow the life Scout Finch, who is the young girl, she has a brother Jem, and their father is called Atticus and he is a lawyer. Their mom died when Scout and Jem were both young; therefore, Atticus have a black nanny called Calpurnia employed, who helps raising the children. During the book Atticus have to defend a Blackman, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Butch, and in the times of the 1930ies a Blackman's word is worth nothing against a white man's. The Finch's has neighbour called Boo Radley, who Scout and Jem find quite scary and evil. But as the children get older and wiser they start to see things from other points of views and develop more understanding about. After a couple of long pages the book became better and better. Things got placed where they belonged and you could feel how the life in Maycomb was like. I liked the description as I went along, it's not too short, so you don't understand anything, and at the same time not to long, so you don't fall asleep and the choice of word is thought-thorugh (as Lee went over it over and over again) but not to complicated. As the book discusses serious racial issues you see the view of it from two sides, one from the majority of the people in Maycomb and one from Scouts father, Atticus. Atticus is several times accused of being a "niggerlover", but he tells his children not to bother about it. Atticus is my own favourite characters because he has got a character, he has everything under control and keeps "cool" all the time. Every once in a while there is small things happening to the main characters that is nothing really special, but on a second though it teaches the reader about something. about the characters in Maycomb, or about how they are in there minds. And of course, as usual, the book is better than the movie. I think the book is a very well written book and I would recommend it to anyone that has some spare time to dedicate to a work of art.
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Summary: Racism conflict
Review: To Kill a Mocking bird is a novel that talks about the everyday life of a family. The novel has been writing on first person, having Scout as the narrator. Scout is a young girl that narrates all the conflicts that trouble her childhood. Scout lives with her dad named Atticus, Calpurnia the housekeeper and her older brother named Jem. Atticus works in the Alabama State Legislature, he practices law. Another important character in the novel is Dill, Scout's best friend. Throughout the entire novel Jem, Scout and Dill spend most of the time together they practically become inseparable. The setting of the novel is a small town called Maycomb found in Alabama. It is a very small town where everyone is related to everyone and gossiping is one of the main activities. Bob Radley is a character that represents the fear and the unknown. Scout narrates her fear for this man and how scary his house is. The main conflict of the book appears when Tom Robinson is accused of rapping Mayella Ewell, a white nineteen years old girl. The conflict becomes evident when Scout reveals that Tom Robinson is black. Atticus takes Tom's case knowing that it will be very difficult because no blacks have ever win a case of rape in the State of Alabama. Atticus stands for his believes no matter what the people say about defending a black. Scout narrates all the fights she has at school because of her father situation. She does not really understand why some people are so unfair only because of the colour of the skin. The book then turns into a novel about racism. The book teaches us about how we sometimes have the wrong idea about people we do not really know and most importantly about injustice. I think the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a very interesting and enjoyable book. It is very easy to read because it does not use complicated vocabulary. It is particularly interesting because it focuses in a worldwide problem called racism. The book has a plot that makes it very intriguing and it uses a flash back that creates a situation of expectation for the reader. To conclude I would like to say that I really like the book and I will definitely recommend this book to other people interested in good stories.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that is about compassion, dicrimination, and predgidous. It takes place during the 1930's in Macomb, Alabama in the depression. It is about a man who is blamed for a crime because of his race.This book is similar to a lot of other books that have been written predgidous or racisim. Author's who have been a part of predgidousism or racisim can probably write a better book than others by thier experience. My personal reaction to the book is that I think that it is wrong to treat another human being different by thier race or ethnic backround. This book was about a man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a little girl. Atticus tries to defend him but the jury still find Tom guilty. Tom dies tring to flee but is shot by the sheriff. Mr. Ewell, the father of the girl, attacks Atticus's children when they are coming home from a play at school. A man named Boo saves the chlidren and they run to go get help. My reaction to the book is that it was very interisting. I also feel that it showed a lot of truth about how people that are different are treated better or worse. Although this book might not be for some people I think that people should read this book to help make them realize how people are really being treated.
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Summary: A teacher's goldmine for vocabulary, among other things
Review: I taught this book in summer school, and every chapter had a wealth of vocabulary words, not to mention a great story with many underlying themes to be explored in discussion and essays. An all-around great book that touches on many important issues like race and prejudice; filled with wonderful southern characters. I showed "Fried Green Tomatoes" in class to give the kids an idea of life in rural Alabama during the depression, then started a three week study of the novel. It is one of my favorites and should not be missed by anyone: teacher, student, or lover of American literature.
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Summary: It's good
Review: In my opinion, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD was both entertaining and educational. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, and, under normal circumstances, I do not read purely for enjoyment. However, I feel that most anyone could read TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD purely for enjoyment and come out having learned, in a unique way, how the South was, and in many ways still is. The book brings to light many problems that are so very simple, yet nearly impossible to solve. This novel is a mere tool for dealing with the simple minded problems such as prejudice and hypocrisy.
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Summary: A Book I Could Not Put Down
Review: When I started reading this book I just could not put it down. The story was told through the eyes of a little girl in Alabama during the depression. The plot revolves around the trial of a black man and a white girl. It has many themes; race, predjudice, class and fear are just a few. The hero of this book was Atticus because he stood up for a black man in a time when it was very much looked down on. Atticus is the father of the narrator and also the lawyer. He stands up for Tom while everyone else in the town is looking for murder or revernge. His self-confidence and control is what really stand out and make this book. For it being in a time when blacks were blacks and whites were whites, Atticus really shows a another and better way.
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Summary: Limiting imaginations with details
Review: While my book favorites are usually modern murder mysteries, I was impressed by Harper Lee's _To Kill A Mockingbird_. The plot sequence is excellent and has the reader constantly hoping the good will win. There's also the suspense surrounding the Radley Place and "Boo" Radley, and everyone can relate to the narrator, Scout's, innocence and curiousity. Personally, I was bored by many details that Lee throws in as extra facts, but if you love description, you'll love this book!
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Summary: This book isn't considered a classic for no reason.
Review: I am sure that I am not the only one who considers To Kill a Mockingbird their favorite book. I was required to read this book in grade school, and my resentment for being forced to do so quickly turned into a hunger to finish it, read it again, and numerous times thereafter. I know of few other books that I can say this about. The charaters are endearing, and the story is incredibly written. Everyone should read it at least once in a lifetime.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. To Kill a mockingbird is a book that tells of two children growing up in times of racial segreation in a small southern town. Thew childrens father who is a lawyer, is chosen to defend a black man on the charge of rape. The main family, while not exactally rich live a middle class existance with a black house keeper in place of a mother who died before the story began. The black man is accused by a young woman who is the oldest child in a large family. Her family is the worst in town, het father is an acholic and her mother left her at a young age. The story goes on to tell about the hardships of the blacks in the small town and of their white friends. While that is the main plot of the book you are also told of the everyday lives and adventures of the two children and their best friend. The book ends in a way that makes you think "no thats not right, it's not supposed to happen that way." But I will not give away the ending because that in my opinion was one of the best parts of the book. I sincerely hope that you enjoyed my review and that if you already have not read the book that you will not delay in doing so.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: When I hear the word "classic," I almost always think about "To Kill a Mockingbird." Even after reading the novel ten times, I find something new and exciting within its pages. Scout Finch is an audacious six year old who grows up during "Mockingbird." She and her brother Jem and their neighbor friend Dill spend their time play-acting and bugging the neighborhood. When their father, Atticus, becomes lawyer for an unwinnable case defending a black man, their lives do a flip-dee-flop. Harper Lee tells an engrossingly wonderful and heartfelt story that every American should read at least two times!
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