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Summary: Review of To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is a great story that kind of reminds me of the movie, A Time To Kill. It is a story that anyone, people of all ages, can enjoy. It was also an inspirational story about the bravery of children and one man's desire to defend a man who has almost no hope.
The story is about a family, whose father is a lawyer, defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. It is told by the daughter, Scout. Scout and her brother, Jem, are very close because they are both very curious kids. They get all their information on what's going on with the trial by snooping around and talking to gossips from town. Basically the story is about what the family goes through because of the trial, considering that back then most people automatically believed the white girl. The town was not very supportive of Atticus 'choosing' to defend a black man. The Finch family goes through a great deal of pain and strife because of this.
Because of reading this book, I feel more enlightened on the black/white issues of days gone by. The book gives great detail to the innerworkings of the minds of white people back then. The characters were very well-developed, the plot was definitely realistic, making the story very believable because chances are, something like that has happened.
I would definitely recommend this book to reader's of all ages. It provides great knowledge of the unfair ways that white people used to treat black people, and still do to an extent. I definitely feel that sometime in their lifetime, everyone should read To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Summary: NickyWicky1542
Review: "To Kill a Mockingbird" was one of the best books I have ever read. It has adventure, emotion, and suspense. It is almost like there are two stories going on in one book. You will be able to vision yourself in the book with the characters. I love this book because I am able to visualize the setting. I can read it for a long time and not want to put it down. I definately recommend it. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a phenomenal book. It is an American Classic and a great book for the 1960's. The story takes place through the eyes of a little girl named Scout. Scout has a very loyal older brother named Jem. The story is about life in the 1960's in the south and how a black man named Tom Robinson and other blacks were treated. Loyal and trusting, Scout and Jem are very close and help each other through a lot. A very exciting part in To Kill a Mockingbird is when Jem and his friend run through their supposed crazy neighbor's house to catch a glimpse of the man while Scout followed them. Then there is a shotgun shot and the group run for their lives escaping death. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very interesting and fulfilling novel and I highly recommend it for all kids above the age of eleven.
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Summary: Jessie the messie
Review: I loved "To Kill A Mockingbird." I have never really liked to read but when I read this book I couldn't put it down. The story was so good. It was so exciting when Jem and Scout Finch tried to make Boo Radley come out of his house. It was funny when they didn't succed and almost got killed. The main story of this book, is when the African American, Tom Robinson, is on trial, and Jem and Scouts father, Atticus, is his laywer. He is innocent, but because he is black no one believes him except for Atticus. I liked this book because tof the mystery of Boo Radly, the comedy of them almost getting killed at Boo Radley's house, and the frightening ending of this story. the ending is a big shocker but it makes the book all the better. I think anyone who read this book would absolutly love it.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: I liked the novel because it was about a town that was poor in wealth but rich in life. The worked hard for their money and didn't squader it for lifes pleasures.
To Kill A Mockingbird follows three years in the life of eight year old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem and ther father Atticus. Who defends a black man who is accused of raping a white women.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time to the heart of her tales. First, we meet the Finchs the summer before Scout's first year at school. Scout, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends his summers at his auts in Maycomb, while away, he spends his time reenacting the scenes of Dracula and plots ways to seek a peek at the town bogyman, Boo Radley. In the bigining what it boils down to was that the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely gets through to the children's conscious. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused. Tom Tobinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalances as well dealing with an eldery woman's problem, the heroism of Atticus, and finally Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "who you really see them." But turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill A Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to a new generation and deserves to be reread often.
Like I earlier stated I like this novel. I like the way Lee blends everything together and makes everything to story easier to understand. This novely with no mildew on its magnolia leaves, a funny, happy novel written with great precision. To Kill A Mockingbird is about conscience- how it is instilled in two children, Scout and Jem Finch and how it operates in their, Atticus, a lawyer appointed to defend a Negro on a rape charge. This is what I love about the novel, the lessons it teaches us, the lessons that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.
I like how Lee combines two of the most common thesis of Southern writing-child's recollection of life among people in a small town seemly untonched by the twentieth century adn glaring in justices of racial prejudice to create a comtemporay American classic. It seems as though it could happen in real life back in its day. Everything seems as though this could really be a story based upon truth.
I would recommend this book definitly to anyone who can appreciate a good book. I enjoyed reading this great novel in my spare time, so you know it must be worth reading, knowing how much i read this must be a good book. I would definitly recommend this to anybody and will probably read it again someday when i'm in the mood with for a book that will make me smile.
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Summary: My Favorite
Review: This book tells the story of the Old South. Its a tale of racial hate and those that stand against it.At least in this little town in mississippi. And, also of some of the scary storys children make up to explain that which they do not understand. It is also a story that helped me go back, in my mind, to when I was a child and some of the things I did and thought at that time. I find this to be one of the most enjoyable reads ever. Its written plainly and its very easy to follow. The character development is also very clear...Just a wonderful book overall.
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Summary: Great!
Review: A really nice, well written book. It has been banned in some places for sexual themes and I think that's a shame! This is a nuce book that you will enjoy.
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Summary: A wonderful book!
Review: While the main theme deals with the treatment of negroes by Americans in the South, the narrator is a child. While this too could have been done in a way that makes the reader go through a turmoil of emotions so strong that getting through the book is difficult, Harper Lee softens it without taking away any of the facts. The book tells of the world through a child unaffected by adult prejudices yet having to face them, and of a man, her father, who dares to live the way he believes is right: to be the same on the street as he would be in his own house. With nothing to hide, always straight, always true. The book makes you think, and learn and realise--like a book ought to do.
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Summary: Enjoyable Required Reading.
Review: I had to read this in the 10th grade, and I loved it. Even having to find vocabulary words and comb the pages for tedious answers didn't ruin the novel for me. I read it faster than most people and my class. It was genuine, a simple novel that ties the characters together nicely. This is required reading that I was glad I had to read.
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Summary: A story told with an innovative style
Review: 'To Kill a mocking bird' is a tapestry of anectodes vividly brought out by an excellent american raconteur - Harper Lee. It's a narration of the childhood days of a girl nicknamed Scout, who is too intelligent for her age with the intransigence of a child, in which her apparently dull & talentless father, Atticus Finch, reveals his heroism through his heastrong uprightness & optimism to rebel against the amoral racist prejudices of his village.
The beauty of this book is its style, which is effective in convincing the reader that the whole story is from the viewpoint of an immature young girl. Lee achieves this by intertwining the main plot, as if it were unimportant (from the girl's viewpoint), with the story of a mysterious neighbour Boo Radley, whom the trio of Scout, Jem - Scout's tutelary elder brother and Dill - their friend, set out to discover. The quiet wit that is strewn all over is another plus that makes it an unstoppable read.
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