To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: A Great Book
Review: My English professor recomended me this book, and I loved it. I have to admit it was a little boring at the beginning, but it catched up towards the end. I do recomend this book, and as many other readers said, it is a must to read it again.

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Summary: I had to read it for school and it was still good! Wow!
Review: Usually I am against anything I have to read for school BEFORE I start to even read it. And then when I read it, usually it is boring anyway. Not To Kill A Mockingbird. I was ok about reading it for school, for I'd heard it was good. And it was. The story was great (and sad). The topics were really covered good. Ok, so it's about this girl (Scout) and her brother (Jem). Their dad is a lawyer who has to defend a black man against white people. This book was written to take place in a time where people are predjudice against black people, so a lot of people are against Jem and Scout's dad (Atticus) for defending the black man. But Atticus doesn't care. I hope this isn't getting too long and boring for people to read. There is another (smaller) plot in that there is a guy who never leaves his house. Scout and Jem and their friend Dill try different things to try to get him to leave his house. Does he? I'm not going to say. But even though I had to read this for school (with a teacher telling us that there was sybolism in an alarm clock, snowman, dog, and many, MANY other things, and I didn't understand any of the symbolism stuff) I thought this book was good! The message was great, and I highly reccomend To Kill A Mockingbird!

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Summary: Classical and timeless
Review: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is best put at unforgettable. You get pulled into this novel and feel as though you are reading about Scout mature and grow-up, you are grwoing up and maturing with her. Harper Lee paints a very vivid picture of the South, all the while including a moral dilemma as well. I think that this book shows that you should never give up hope and you should always fight for what you belive in even if the odds are against you.

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Summary: Best school-assigned book I've ever read.
Review: I had thought, after reading House on Mango Street, that all books in sophomore year were dull and pointless. This book, however, was excellent.
I was getting sick of all those "spunky female lead" stories and, while this may fall under that category, it is still a very good book.
Unfortunately, my teacher was disorganized and we didn't get to finish reading the book. I got the Cliff's notes and read them after school was out because my mom said that would be the best idea. Uh...that's mothers for ya.
Anyhow, all I'm really trying to say is that this book is meaningful and deep and all that stuff while still managing to be funny.
That is what makes a good book.

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Summary: Boring book
Review: A typical paragraph in this book reads

"Jem", said Scount
"yes" said Jem
"would you like to play in the garden" said Scout
"Some other time" said Jem
"ok" said Scout
"Go away now" said Jem
...
Painful to read

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Summary: A replica of life
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is about a young girl, who is named Jean-Louise, nicknamed Scout, that grows up in a small, dilapidated town where racial prejudice and hatred are in the extreme. The setting revolves around Maycomb, a sluggish-moving town where snow seems a mere fantasy. Maycomb presents seemingly uninhabited mansions and two colliding worlds of races that create an air of suspense and integrity. Maycomb is the perfect setting where the characters get entwined into the rushing whirlpool of schemes and intrigues. Scout, her big brother Jem, and their close friend Dill, encounter the wrath of Mrs. Dubose, become mystified by the eccentricity of the Radley Place, and witness the injustice of racial discrimination. To Kill A Mockingbird provides a picture of man's inhumanity to man and the effect it has upon the innocence of mind. The main character, Scout, values frankness and openness. On the playground, she would never walk away from a fight. Scout maintains a high-spirited independence, but she represents a dynamic character. Being a young child, Scout is as gullible as a dandelion in the wind. She turns whatever way others are thinking and is easily guided. Scout radiates the image of being a tomboy from the manner of expressing herself to the overalls that she wears under her dress. Characterization is developed indirectly by characters' qualities by showing their personality and the way they carry themselves during troubles. One of my favorite characters is Boo Radley, whom all the children try to persuade to come out of his house. Boo Radley represents our darkest fears. Maycomb radiates with injustice and the sufferings of the less appreciated race. These evils tear everyone apart so that they want to hide in hopes that the problems will diminish. Boo Radley symbolizes that the Maycomb society knows about the racial injustice against Negroes, but is too afraid of change to fix their beliefs.
The author's style in To Kill A Mockingbird is conversational and simple. The word choice enables you to leave the world of high literacy and reach a place where actions are not expressed in high, intricate words, but in commonplace English. Plain words give a feeling of real heart-to-heart situations while words that are sophisticated resemble an idea that is multifaceted and so complex that knowing the true meaning would be a presumption. To Kill A Mockingbird is a thoroughly woven tale without too much simplicity; a replica of the ways of life.

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Summary: so good
Review: This book is very, very good.
Thats all i can say.heh heh.

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Summary: best classic
Review: this book is wonderful. it was slow in the begginning, but got better and better. I went into thinking how awful it was going to be because it is a classic. I was wrong. This is the best classic book i have ever read. It is a very quick read that is hard to put down.

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Summary: A nice book, but with poor closure.
Review: This book is a timeless classic. It shows how brutal people can be given their surroundings. When three children experience the depths of prejudice, they realize how cruel and closed minded people can be. A great read.

The reason I didn't give this book a fifth star was because of the poor ending. It was too ... unreal and the final pages didn't show the depths of the story and didn't give a very nice closure. I could predict the last chapter from the very beginning.

Overall, pretty good. Lots of symbolism and depth.

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Summary: Great book.
Review: It's inarguable that this is a terrific book. It tells the tale of just how evil racism can be, and shows the best (Atticus Finch) and worst men can be. I also think it's interesting that Truman Capote was the model for the character Dill, since Capote and Lee were childhood friends.