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Summary: A timeless classic for every generation
Review: Harper Lee has written one of the finest books to ever be printed. Mixing heartbreaking emotions with current issues of the time this book surpasses most others. The prose given to Atticus Finch could not be better. He is the everyman's hero who shines with simple wisdom and a good heart. Every person should strive to possess the dignity protrayed in the character of Finch. Lee also captures perfectly the innocence and wonder of children in her novel. Scout is the little girl who were all were at one time and wish that we could still be. I am honored that I was able to live in a time when a person could write such a magnificent book.
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Summary: pg 174
Review: Mr Gilmer and atticus echanged glances. atticus was sitting down, his fists rested on his check and we would not see his face.Mr. gilmer looked rather desperate A question from judge taylor made him relax: "Mr. ewell, did u see the defendant having SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with your daughter?best paragraph in the book
u should start reading at pg 155, u can understand it from their. no need to read before that becuase it's pointless
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Summary: A timeless classic
Review: I first read this book for school, at age 13. Every so often I pick it up and re-read it. I must've read it at least 6 times by now. This book, I feel, is the best piece of literature ever written. It brings out every human emotion. There are some funny moments and some very sad moments. Harper Lee writes the characters so well, it's like you know them. In every neighborhood, you have the mean old lady whose house you hate to walk by (Mrs. Dubose) and the character no-one really knows, they never leave their home and speculation arises as to their activities (Boo Radley). I'd have to say my favorite character is Atticus. He does his best raising his two children after his wife dies at a young age. He tells his kids the truth and doesn't sugar coat things for them. He talked to them like they were his equal, not below him as many parents do. He teaches his children that just because every one else says or does something that doesn't mean that it is ok. The best part is his closing argument at Tom Robinson's trial. Atticus was a kind and patient man. No matter the color of your skin or your social status, he treated everyone with love and respect.
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Summary: Barrett Dahl review of To Kill A Mockingbird for H Eng.
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is the perfect description of how the white people living in the south treated the blacks in the 1930's. In school we learn about the slaves and the Civil War, and what goes on in that time period of American History. However we are not really exposed to the time period that follows, the fact is that we still treated blacks badly. Within the contents of this book about a little girl growing up in a very judgemental town we not only learn about how the blacks were treated but we also learn how judge some one. Which we really can't do until we walk around in their shoes.
When one takes the time to sit down and think about what is going on the fact that not a lot has changed since then. We make up stories about something or someone that we don't know, or are afraid of like Boo Radley. Then we frown down apon those who we think are unclean in our society like the Eweles. Then there are the people who we judge too qickly because of their unfasionalble clothes or the color of their skin like the Tom Robinson's of the world. When we decide to look closer we see that most of the Tom Robinsons of the world are just trying to get along like everyone else. People like Boo Radley are also trying to get by, but remain in the shadows, like the kid in the back of the class who doesn't say anything for the fear that everyone will laugh at him. Then the Eweles who we think to be unclean, but there is always the idea that we raise the standards all the time to what is fit in society. Then there is the dissaproval of a black man and a white woman back then, do we not today frown apon the realtionships of lesbians and gay people?
In To Kill a Mockingbird it takes a little girl to get us to realize this. She is only 6, shouldn't these societal conflicts be appearant to all. Esepcially the older ones who tend to be the cause of these confilcts. I ask of all who read this review, To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book on its' own, but what makes it better is that there is so much more beyond it that can help us in all days of life.
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Summary: What a Classic!
Review: It was in a small town in the South, in 1930's. The story is full of interesting, lovable characters. The narrator is Scout a bright, bold, young girl who lived with her older brother Jem and their lawyer father, Atticus. Respectable Atticus was a gentleman who raised the two children with the help from Calpurina, the day cook. Against some of the prevalent social senses, he taught them the principles and values he lived by. With Dill around during the summer, things were more interesting. They had the hermit neighbor who remained the mysterious subject of the children's acts of curiosity. Their interaction with other neighbors like Ms Maudie and Mrs Dubose was always capped with lessons to learn. And there was a case of a black man Atticus defended against the charge of raping a white girl. Atticus' integrity and the people's classic prejudices were demonstrated in events related to the case. The storyline and language are awesome. Narrations by children are always interesting in the way curiosity, frankness, and innocence do. And the book is full with values we adults could always relearn. No wonder it is such a classic!
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Summary: Terrible
Review: I read this book recently in class because it was requred reading. I love reading, and read several books a week. TKaM however was terrible. There is almost no plot, and the charecters were poorly developed and obviously fake. It gets boring after a few minutes, and is never all that exciting. It is also hard to follow what is going on near the end. It may be a classic, but it sure is not a good one!
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Summary: Good book
Review: To kill a Mockingbird is a simple small town story. It is about a lawyer who is helping a man who is getting charged with rape. The story is narrated by six year old Scout. It shows the reader of the prejudices of a small southern town in the 30's. I recomend this book to everyone who wants to see how African American's were treated in this small southern town.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: The book was realy interesting but it wasn't my kind of book.
I am recomending that you read this book because I liked it and because that is what the book was written for.
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Summary: ToKillFor
Review: When I read this book I was really surprised. Not too many books we read in school are actually books I like, but this one was different. The way Harper Lee portrayed it all through the eyes of six-year-old Scout made it different too. The innocence and understanding of a child through times when the black and white were still not equal helps you really get into this book, especially when one black man is being tried for rape against the white trash of the town and inevitably loses. Even after Atticus puts up the best opposing fight ever. After the trial a the hate is turned on to Atticus. But when someone goes after his kids, something has to be done. Before it gets out of hand. What happens? Read to find out.
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Summary: A Monumental Classic on Prejudice, Fear and Hatred
Review: I was first "forced" to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" in high school. Thank God for whatever teacher it was who made us read it. I am currently a practicing lawyer, and I have to admit that I was influenced in part to become an attorney by none other than Atticus Finch. The book is such a fantastic examination of people's prejudices, fears, and hatreds, no doubt far more scholarly people than myself have examined it and analyzed it to pieces. But it does expose so many raw nerves for so many people: the pettiness of bigotry by whites against blacks during the depression, the fear of the unknown in the person of Boo Radley, the sheer injustice of the all-white jury convicting Tom Robinson...and through it all, we are treated to the quiet dignity of Atticus Finch. The story is essentially told through the eyes of Scout, an intelligent but often guileless young girl who is frankly confused by the prejudice that rears its ugly head when Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, the daughter of a violent drunk white farmer. Scout's love for her father is apparent throughout the book, particularly when she watches him remain quietly courageous in the face of ever growing town anger at the prospect of Atticus defending Robinson. But there is not necessarily a happy ending here. The story is bittersweet, Atticus does not save the day for Robinson, but Scout is rescued from potential harm from an unexpected corner and learns that one should never judge anyone by appearances alone. A true, timeless classic which I have re-read several times over the years. Anyone who is not moved by this book is quite plainly an idiot.
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