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Summary: The Most Overrated Book of the Century
Review: I'll admit this was an assigned book for school, but please don't misjudge me. I have read other books Anna Karenina of my own accord and loved them, and I am not criticizing this book because of bitterness of being forced to. I actually had not heard much about To Kill a Mockingbird before I read it, due to the fact that I tend to read nineteenth century literature, and I started this book with a fairly open mind. As cliche as this story is, I thought that the plot had great potential for making a powerful book, but Harper Lee's approach to writing it seemed a mismatch. The powerful theme served merely as a backdrop to a far less interesting story. There are points at which one can fairly hear the plot wheezing as it is being choked by Lee's attempts at cuteness and nostalgia. The descriptive passages were rather crude, and at times the language became practically unintelligable. Am I the only person who despises dialect? There are two things I thought of that can affect the way people criticize this book. One of these is fear of disliking a book at the risk of being labeled a Philistine. The other of these is which books are read immediately before reading a book. The latter affected me in particular, as I was reading Madame Bovary alongside this book. The lack of any elegance and refinement, which is so abundant in Madame Bovary, made the primitive style of the writing even more displeasing.
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Summary: we were all innocent at one time.
Review: One cannot possibly read this book without thinking back to the innocence of their own childhood. Remember when people were people? And we couldn't understand why grown-ups talked about "certain people" ... none of it made sense. We were sure that all grown-ups were screwy. The remarkable thing about To Kill a Mockingbird is that Lee captures the moment when kids are shoved into a harsh, unforgiving environment in which they don't at first understand. With each turn of the page, the Jem and Scout sink further into the ills of society and drift farther away from the innocence they once knew. I love this part in chapter 20- Scout:
I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man who had mixed children and didn't care who knew it, but he was fascinating. I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself. But why had he entrusted us with his deepest secret? I asked him why".
"Because you're children and you can understand it," he said.
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Summary: Honest
Review: As this book was an English class assignment I knew that it would be well written with a message. It was. Scout's literal,honest narration brought the effect across fully.
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Summary: a phenomenal book
Review: this is a phenomenal book I love how Lee put it into a childs point of view. When i first read the book i couldn't but it down i recomend this book for teenagers and adults. i am a teenager and totally agree how Jem felt because i am goin through that phase right now. this book is totally awesome and i recomend it. it is on of my very favorites.
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Summary: Society Through the Eyes of Children
Review: I started out with the audiobook version but had to switch over to the book because one of the tapes was damaged. The story in either format was spellbinding and thought-provoking. This book illustrates how the innocent deductive reasoning of children can reveal the most formidable behaviors of society as nothing other than acts driven by ignorance.
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Summary: I strongly recomend this book to you all!
Review: I read this book when I was in high school. I loved it! It contains a fair mixture between fiction and history to make it both interesting and educational. If you enjoy studying details of American history, such as the Great Depression, racism, and the Ku Klux Klan, among others, this book is great for you. However, it doesn't entirely focus on history, making it boring. On the contrary, the author develops a great plot that uses suspense, and a bit of mystery and passion, using historical events as a mere basis. I strongly recomend this book to you all!
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Summary: to kill a mockingbird
Review: my review is short...It is now my most favorite book. It is a book I couldn't put down. I've read it twice in the past year. It also made me cry. It was given to me by someone very special who also treasured this classic. Although it was written many years ago, there are things I still see very real in the south that were in the book. I have now passed it on to my nephew(a recent law school graduate)for him to read. It is a must read.
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Summary: Flawless!
Review: I have just finished this book for (I would estimate) the 12th time since it was originally published in 1960. Its wonderment never ceases. It's too bad, in a way, that Harper Lee never wrote another. On the other hand, how do you improve on perfection?
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Summary: Moving
Review: I was stuck for something to read on a long train journey and my eyes alighted on this book, you know, one of those books i have always 'meant to read' but never got round to. I gave it a shot and didn't put the book down for the whole journey, and most of the rest of the weekend. It is that good. No doubt the plot (coming of age, racism, honour) will be known to you, but it is written in such a simplistic way that it can't help to draw you in. Take some time out of your day and read this book, you will feel better for it and hey, you just might learn something about yourself...
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Summary: Exceptional Novel on Prejudice
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is an excellent novel about prejudice in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb in the 1930s. Harper Lee shows prejudice with the trial of a black man in which a white lawyer, Atticus Finch (the father of young Scout, from whom which the story is told), is appointed to defend him. Tom Robinson, the black man being falsely accused of rape, and the Finches' neighbor, Boo Radley (an outcast of the community and very taciturn in nature) are the symbols in this novel. In the beginning/middle of the novel Atticus tells Scout and Jem (his children) never to shoot a mockingbird. Jem questions why not and Atticus replies not to because mockingbirds never harm any one or thing, they just sing beautiful music. When Tom Robinson is convicted, it is symbolic of killing a mockingbird. Later in the novel, Boo Radley must kill Bob Ewell because he tried to kill Scout and Jem, however, the sheriff (Heck Tate) makes up a story that Bob fell on his knife, because if he told the community that Boo had killed him, it would have thrown Boo into the limelight and would have also been like killing a mockingbird. I strongly suggest to read this book, it is a wonderful novel.
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