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Summary: A classic
Review: Wonderful classic that i well never forget. The reading was slow but for the story it was all worth it.
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Summary: A zero out of five
Review: I'm sorry everyone. I don't see why this book is so fabeulos. I would give it a zero. I find no point in writing a book about segregation, there's no way of making it into an enjoyable book. And yes i am toataly against segragation. I've caught my self in english class asleep. Also if your gonna write a book, give more detail please. I'm getting so fed up with it i just got the cliff notes. Read this book if you read every book that is such a hit. But rather than that burn all the pages exept the last chapter. Thanks to all my friendswho had to tourchure threw reading this disgrace and supporting me in not likeing the book. By the way, DO NOT BUY, because if i find it in your house i won't think to kindly of you.
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Summary: In my top 3 all favorites!
Review: This is simply one of the best American novels ever written. Ms. Lee brings you deftly into the small town of Maycomb during the depression era, and captivates with a story that still holds significance today. A truely great novel!
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Summary: A Tree Grows in Alabama...
Review: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is one of those books shoved down the throats of American teens by the English teachers, as sort of elexir to cure rascism. When I first read it (at age fourteen) I found it to be a difficult read, and not particularly enjoyable. Rereading it some thirty years later I now see what all the fuss is about.Firstly, this book is about the thoughts and activities of a young girl growing up in 1930s rural Alabama. There is very much the innocence (and, ultimately, lost innocence) and wonder of youth in the Harper Lee's prose ... kind of a Dixie version of 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'. Harper Lee's observations of the rascism and hypocritical society of the times are keenly judged. My only complaint, albeit minor, is that her prose is too rich - it seems out of place (ie, too adult) for a story about adolescent girl. This makes 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a deceptively inappropriate book for anyone under, say, seventeen years of age. Bottom line: all the heartbreak of youth during turbulent times exquisitely told. Worth rereading (time and time again).
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird, reviewed by Charles
Review: Usually, cildren never experience the horror of murder but in Scout & Jem Finch's case (in To Kill a Mockingbird) it's different. The author uses Scout's perspective perfectly, all through Scout's early years. This book tells how Scout's brother (Jem) breaks his arm. The author touches very hevily on racism and predjudeces. This book will make anyone grasping for more, while still wanting there to be no more. The Author of this book obviously wanted everyone to understand the fights Jem & Scout get into. The vocabulary is just above mediocre and (even though there are no pictures) you can invision everything. For ex: When Jem & Scout are cornered you can imagine every motion of their fight with a predjuduced man. (It's the same with Scout's school "troubles".) Lee wants everyone to fully understand about racism and how horrific it is. I mean just about everyone in Maycomb is a racist. Lots of the characters particularly Bob Ewell were racists (Bob Ewell showed it after the verduct of Tim Robinson's trial). It sickens you to read quotes in this book, such as: "it made one down and about two ore to go." Even though this book is full of evil incidents, there is a hero. A simpleton by the name of Boo Radly. Sure he is reclusive and seems like a freak at first, but he soon saves Scout and Jem's lives thereby making him a modern day superhero. Even though he does this by killing Bob Ewell, he comes out as the glorious shining, hero in this dark and moving novel. All readers will love To Kill a Mockingbird. It goes healvily into the heart of Maycomb bringing out racism and predjuduces. Even though it touches on such a harsh subject, most readers will understand the points this writer is trying to make.
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Summary: Read the Real Book
Review: Only read Cliff's Notes if your desperate, because the book is absolutly fabulous. You're robbing yourself of a great book if you decide to skip the book and read the Cliff's Notes.
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Summary: A voyage in initiation
Review: Harper Lee wrote there a delicate and sensitive novel on the coming of age of two children in the South (Alabama) in the mid 1930s, that is to say during the Great Depression. The central issue of the book is the progressive discovery of the outside world by two - or three - young children, a girl and one or two boys. This discovery has to do with the ugliness of some people in our society, the prejudiced white people, the openly lazy white social cases who live on welfare, the miscarriage of justice against a black man who is condemned on the sole testimony of two white people by an all white male jury, the planned and failed lynching of the black man the day before his trial, etc. But it is also the discovery of the neighbors and that the people you see, or don't see, everyday are not necessarily what they seem to be, like this crippled woman who is fighting successfully her morphine addiction and conquers it just before dying, so that she can die clean. But it all centers on one neighbor that leads the life of a recluse and that fascinates the children who want to attract him outside to see him. They will eventually succeed twice, the first time totally unawares of it, and the second time just in time for him to save the life of the two children in the hands and under the knife of a white reject of society. This initiation to society goes along with the desire to make these children fit for southern gentility, for them to be a gentlemen and a lady, even if those ladies and gentlemen are not exactly pure and clean, unprejudiced and open-minded, in fact quite the reverse. But it is by integrating this society that you may make it change little by little because most of them want change but do not have the courage to advocate it, though they will support those who willl stand for a reasonable and progressive change. The book is so touching and full of feeling, that it probably is the masterpiece of a life time, and a time-enduring one. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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Summary: Worth a Second Read
Review: This is one of the great contemporary books. It is one of the very few books that can be read at any age or stage of life. Many relationships, stereotypes, attitudes, personalities are presented in a simple straightforward manner. This book makes you think.
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Summary: There is a reason why this book is assigned in schools...
Review: "To Kill a Mockingbird" is, without a doubt, one of the best books I had to read in high school. EVERYONE should read this book! "Mockingbird" tells the story of a young tomboy, Scout, growing up in the South in the 1930s. It deals with important lessons about racism, tolerance, courage, and justice. Scout, representing the innocence of youth, has a much more accepting and egalitarian attitude that most of the other Southern whites in her community. She tries to learn how to get along with everyone in a world where the simple act of talking to an African-American can lead to the undesirable label, "n*gger lover." My favorite quote is when Scout's father, Atticus, tells her: "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway... you rarely win, but sometimes you do." "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a very powerful book. It will make you angry, make you laugh, and make you cry. After you finish reading it, I highly recommend the film version starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.
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Summary: Homespun novel with good theme
Review: A homegrown novel that tells the story of several children living with a single father in less than desirable conditions. The novel carries a powerful message.
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