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Summary: Probably my favorite book of all time
Review: "Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We had never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad."Its prose is simple but breathtakingly beautiful. Its truth is self-evident. I have read this book repeatedly and, at 43, it still moves me to tears. It is one of a handful of books that changed my life.
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Summary: An Amazing Book
Review: I waited a long time to read this book b ecause I thought it would be way overmy head, but suprisingly it was really easy to understand. It's a great book, though its not that long, you know all the characters very deeply. I think the most amazing scene is when after the verdict is read, Atticus walks out of the courtroom and all the people in the balcony stand up to solute him. It seems like such a powerfull statement. Read this book if you haven't because it is one that is truly great.
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Summary: to kill a mockingbird
Review: When i read, I like a book that keeps me wondering, exploring, and guessing. And to me those are the strenghts of this book. The author starts out giving you an review of the family, friends and businesses. Then the author goes to one of the main focuses of the story; the Radley's. Whenever she( Haper Lee, the author) began to talk about the Radley family or about the Boo Radley, who is an important but quiet character, my interest level would go from dull to the level oh... oh... tell me more.
If i had to rate this book from 1-10, would give it an 7. I would rate it a 7 because thi book kept me interested but but not enough to keep every reader hooked.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel based on the childhood of a young girl. Bob Ewell, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and Scout were all main characters. Bob Ewell is a mean, racist man who accuses Tom of raping his daughter. Boo Radley is a retarded, crazy person, so the children fear him. Tom Robinson is a black man who is trying to survive in the town with racism problems. Scout is the young girl who tells the story of what happens in her town. Bob has problems with Tom, so he said that he saw Tom rape his daughter. Scout has problems with Boo because she wanted to be friends and he didn't. My favorite character is Scout, because she wanted to know who Boo Radley really is, and she was determined to find out.
If I could relate to a character in the story, it would be Atticus. Atticus is a man who took up the challenge of a new type of legal case. He, a white man, is willing to defend a black man. Atticus took the challenge because if he doesn't than he couldn't hold up his head in town, and he couldn't hold his morals and principals. He felt that Tom Robinson was innocent, and he knew that Tom wasn't going to be found innocent by the people. I am also taking up a challenge to become a U.S. Marine. I want to challenge myself to this because it will be a good thing for me. I want to be able to learn leadership, self-reliance, new skills, honesty and loyalty.
I like the book. My favorite part is when the Ewell kids sat on the black side of the court, because they wanted to hear the decision of the judge. They knew Tom was innocent. At that point the town was convinced that Tom Robinson was not guilty of the crime. My least favorite part is when Mr. Nathan Radley fills the tree hole with cement. He did it because he doesn't like little kids to be playing with his property. Jem and Scout were mad that he covered the hole because they left a chain, a knife and a watch there. Mr. Nathan Radley was just being mean person toward kids that get near his property. In this story, I would change the way Boo Radley is. He didn't deserve to be like this. He was a good boy but had problems with his head. He was lost in his own little world and his parents just made his life worst.
I would recommend this book to others, because it's good for people to read. It's very interesting with lots of detail about life in the old South. People will re-think about life back in the day after they read this book. Everyone will like this book.
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Summary: Life is good
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a book that most American students will have to read. And for good reason; Lee writes in such a way that there are no lies and only truths. She writes from the perspective of an eight year old girl, who is, if nothing else, a tomboy. She describes the most subtle extremes that only children would see that way. It is the perfect story of a family in the south, where prejudice is the story of the peoples' lives. The book doesn't hint where the plot is going or what it is, it just happens. This book is great, and I suggest all students should read it if they already haven't.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird Review
Review: This novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, describes the courage and fear many of the characters display throught the book.The books setting was in the 1900's when racisim and diffrences made a border between black and white.The main character is a white girl named Scout in a small town in Maycomb County,Alabama.Scout's father, Atticus, is a lawyer and can tackle any case that comes his way.News spread throught the county that a black man had took advantage of a white woman.That woman was a part of a bad family and needed some attention.Atticus was appointed to defend that man, Tom Robinson.Will the countys differences be set aside for a mans future?Did this black man take advantage or did she cry wolf because of his race?The truth will come out in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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Summary: A Memorable Reading Experience!
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird tells two stories. The first part of the book is concerned with Scout (the main character,) her brother Jem, their visiting neighbor Dill and the terrifying Boo Radley. According to neighborhood legend Boo Radley is insane and once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. Not that the kids have ever actually seen Boo Radley, but the legend is quite clear on him. However, the kids eventually have to face Boo and they discover that he is no more dangerous than they are, he's just retarded and friendless. Had Harper Lee stopped here she would have had a lovely intermediate novel, but that wasn't her point. The second part of the novel deals with the case Scout's lawyer father is arguing. It seems that Mayella Ewell (described as white trash) has claimed that Tom Robinson (described as honest black, but this is the South in the 40's) tried to rape her. Tom swears that she latched onto him, but he didn't touch her. You know all the way through that Tom is innocent of everything but being black, but the case stirs up a lot of racial resentment (this is where "n1gger" comes in.) In this novel, the main characters confront their prejudice no less than four times. In the two examples above, when the housekeeper (who is black) takes the kids to her church one Sunday, and when Jem is sentenced to read to Mrs. Dubose. (Jem earns this punishment for trying to kill her Snow-On-the-Mountain[flowers], but he finds out that the reason for the reading wasn't so she could listen to him read, but so she could break her morphine addiction. Mrs. Dubose is on morphine because she has cancer and at the time it was the only effective painkiller.) And the prejudice they confront is not just what they've learned from personal experience, but the deep seated societal prejudice that most people can't see when it's in front of them (like when they're trying to ban books they haven't read.) If you have not read this book, pick up a copy. It is deceptively light and a really fun read. Other enjoyable, somewhat unconventional books I strongly recommend: Life of Pi by Martel, The Losers' Club by Richard Perez
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Summary: A True 5 Stars
Review: I feel that 5 star reviews are given a bit too often on amazon. However, here is a book that deserves every one. This is just a fantastic story. I first read this in Highschool and did not really care for it. I picked it up again and wow! Harper Lee's writing is simple, humorous, touching, nostalgic in tone, always bringing you more and more, step by step, into her world. At the end I found myself on the inside, looking out, not wanting to return to the real world.
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Summary: Sweet, beautiful, touching!
Review: A few novels moved me thus. Narrated by a child, the book moves in a slow, but sure pace through the life and times of 1930s Alabama town, the treacheries and hypocrisies of grown up world becoming evident to a child. The narrative "kills you softly", till tears sparkle in your eyes, for the novel is written in a very meaningful style, in a way where events, ideas and words touch your heart, stir you into thinking, and on the surface the author seems to be going around telling a very simple story, and that too in plain English, straightforward sentences. Recommended reading for everyone!
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Summary: Good but not excellent
Review: 1930s deep south USA, seen from the personal viewpoint of a 7/8 year old child.
A clever book.
An enjoyable book.
A chronology.
A clever insight into the prejudices and ways and peculiarities of a 1930s backwater community.
A book that should be read, rather than not read.
A book that is easy to read.
An excellent writing style.
Clever insights by the author into how life is, on every page. I didn't give it five stars, because it was a yarn without any truly satisfying climax, but I did give it four stars. It is a detailed and clever chronological account of life from a child's perspective. The first half of the book seemed marginally more enjoyable than the second half. The final event in the book fails to be a true climax but falls short of this. Nonetheless this is a book that people should take the trouble to read, and will be glad they did so and not feel disappointed.
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