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Summary: dont want to reiterate other reviews...
Review: I don't want to restate the other reviews, because they really got the points down pat.
all i want to say is that there is a reason this book is a classic. theres a reason this book is taught in English classes nationwide. There is a reason this book will be remembered.Highly recommended, if you haven't for some reason already read it.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I seriously doubt the incoherent rambling of another one of my reviews is really going to contribute any more the critical acclaim this book has already received, but, if it makes any difference, I like the book and the quality of its creation was present throughout the entire read.
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Summary: a true classic
Review: I somehow have managed to miss reading this wonderfull book throughout my school career. I decided to read it now to see what I was missing over the years. What I ended with was a book I could not put down. It is truly an engrossing book stocked full of believable characters. The story works on many different levels and is weaved together masterfully. The story is told through the eyes of the little girl Scout. She tells the story about her hometown and the happenings in it. The reader learns about racism of which her father is the defense attorney for a black man accused of rape. The entire town knows he is innnocent, but he won't be released because of the color of his skin and the social mores of the time. The reader also learns of a neighbor with mental illness that facinates the children because he is a mystery. The best part of this book is that Scout explains the social workings of a small town during the great depression. It is both humorous and sad at the same time. This book is both a Pulitzer Prize winning classic and an easy read. It is wonderfull and entertaining. You will not be able to put it down and you won't want to either.
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Summary: To kill a mockingbird
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird I really enjoyed reading the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. This book not only captured and held my interest, but I was also able to relate to and understand a lot of what the characters were going through. I felt as if I could relate to this book because it highlighted and gave a realistic description of human nature and behavior.
One aspect of human nature that is shown in this book is how as people we are born innocent and blind to most of the wrongdoing in the world. As time goes by, we are subjected to different people and situations and our so called rose-colored glasses become darkened. The characters Scout and Jem illustrate this best. As young children, they assume that everyone is good and no harm can come to them because they have never really come into contact with evil in their lives yet. However, as the story progresses, they see, for the first time, prejudice, hatred and the overall ignorance of human beings. In addition to this, the children got to experience the effect that these things can have on people, specifically how they can ruin and destroy many lives. Usually, when hearing about racism or prejudice, we hear the more factual side of how people are affected, such as what rights they are being denied. I enjoyed this book because it gave me insight on how people are really affected, how they feel, and how their lives are changed as a result of the injustices.
Despite the fact that this novel highlighted the evil nature of human beings, the author did not neglect to show that there is good in humans as well. The good nature of humans is represented in this book primarily through Atticus Finch. He is the father of Jem and Scout and a fairly well off lawyer in Maycomb. Throughout his life, Atticus has seen the capability of humans to be evil, yet somehow he has not become cynical or lost his faith in the human race. He understands that people are both good and bad, and Atticus does not look upon people with judgement. He, instead, tries to see and understand the reasons that people are the way they are. After reading this book I found myself trying to practice the moral values and ways of Atticus Finch in my own life.
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Summary: A book everyone should read
Review: Like most young ones my age, I read and studied "To Kill A Mockingbird" in junior high school. But this story has stuck with me through the years, and every time I flip through it's pages, I look back on it with affection. This classic tale of courage and altruism is timeless. It is the early 1950's in the southern states. A highly respected small-town lawyer decides to take on a case defending a framed African American man, although he knows he will not win the trial. The lawyer must face the ridicule of the town's folk, and racists in his community who seek to have the framed man killed. In the meantime, the lawyer's two children (Scout and Jem) get entangled in the age-long mystery of Boo Radley, their mysterious next door neighbor who no one has seen for years...and who no one seems to understand. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is a touching story full of life-lessons, one of which proves that fighting a losing battle may be difficult, but "good" will ultimately triumph if you stand up for what you know to be right and true.
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Summary: What an excellent novel, great for all ages!
Review: A small family consisting of a father, Atticus, and 2 children. Scout and Jem Finch. The family lives in Alabama during the depression, though Atticus is a rather well to-do lawyer while others are not so well off. A new boy joins them, "Dill" Harris, and the kids enjoy their summer, playing games and whatnot. They make up stories about Scout's neighbor, "Boo" Radley, a young shut-in who supposedly never ventured out of the house. They find presents in a tree, which they are conviced that "Boo" has left for them. Scout and Jem attend a one room school in the fall, and Scout dislikes it immensely. The next summer, the group of kids continue to play their games, and act out stories they've made up, especially about "Boo" Radley. Meanwhile, Atticus has agreed to defend a poor, innocent black man who is accused of raping a white farmer's daughter. Tom Robinson, the black man, represents the mockingbird in this book, a symbol of innocence destroyed by evil.
"Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Atticus provides powerful evidence that Tom Robinson was infact innocent, and that it was the girl's father who had injured her, not Tom Robinson. Though the evidence against the white father was extensive, they all-white jury convicts Tom Robinson. He later tries to escape from the prison, and is shot to death. The children then must deal with their feelings of doubt in justice.
Now, I won't give away too much more. You'll have to read it, and find out what happens to Jem, Scout, Dill, "Boo" Radley, Atticus, and all the other amazing characters. The book takes such a strong, and moving, stance against racial prejudice and an amazing depicition of childhood innocence. It is an EXCELLENT read, and continues to be wonderful each and every time I read it.
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Summary: A simple, yet great story
Review: Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a great story detailing important childhood events from the point of view of Jean Louise Finch(aka Scout). Jean is a little girl who lives with her older brother of 5 years, Jeremy Finch(aka Jem) and her father Atticus Finch in a little town in Maycomb county. The novel's main theme is basically the lessons one learns growing up. This theme is centered a lot around the trial of a black man, Tom Robinson, of supposedly raping a white woman. Atticus is the lawyer given the job of defending Robinson and with this heated trial occurring, Scout and Jem have to deal with a lot of oppossition and derision from many of their prejudiced neighbors. But, this story has so much more dealing with just the general complexities of growing up.
I think my favorite thing about the novel was the characters. The Finch family comes across as easily liked people. Scout and Jem have a great relationship with their father and with each other. Also, I really liked the character of Atticus, as he comes across as a man you can really respect and admire. It's through him that the reader, along with Scout and Jem, come to learn some lessons in a sense as well. Of course, there are plenty of interesting secondary characters such as Boo Radley who Scout and Jem constantly try to lure from his reclusion in his home and Calpurnia, the woman who's like a mother to Scout and Jem. I'd say this book may get off to somewhat of a slow start and for the first few pages, you may not understand how this is considered to be a classic, but it's a great book as you progress through it and it tells a very simple, yet wonderful story. If you're interested in reading it, go ahead and get it as you'll probably really like it.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: When I first heard that our English teacher was going to assign this book to be read by the end of the year, my first thought was "Great, another boring assignment." I changed my mind, however, when we started to read to book. After receiving some background info, I understood this book perfectly. We just finished reading it, and I must say, tha teachers of Palm Bch County, FL know how to pick 'em!
Six-year-old Scout is the narrator of this story. Her brother, Jem, is four years older, and a loyal son to their father Atticus. Atticus is an attorney who is asked to defend a black man named Tom Robinson when he is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a poor farmer's daughter. This book contains it all: love and hate, black and white, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I'm glad that my teacher picked this one!
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Summary: Brings out feelings of wistfulness
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird was a remarkable read, with little quips and funny stories to bind the book, along with the powerful telling of injustice and prejudice in our nation. Set in the quiet town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930's-- the aftermath of the civil war, and the incipient prelude to the second World War-- we are narrated by Scout, a quick and innocent girl growing up in the deep south.
We see that Scout's father tries to bring Scout up with a pure understanding of the nation, and to veer her away from the awful discrimination that is shown, but she simply cannot turn her face from the terrible hate and bitterness that is slowly bubbling in Maycomb. All these complex feelings are brought to a climax when a black man is accused of raping a young white girl. Scout's father must defend the man, and in doing so, endangers his own children.
In order to truly understand, a reader must put him/herself in the shoes of Maycomb County's residents, and walk the painful steps of racial prejudice. You will find that the walk is almost unendurable; you'll question how this came to be, and what the consequences were. A delighting, yet sorrowful read, I'd recommend this to a serious reader, who is willing to learn of the past.
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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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