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Summary: What can be said?
Review: What can be said of this book? Almost everyone in the world has read it or WILL read it at some point. It IS a great story, expertly told, and should not be forgotten. But there are also other great reads out there that should not be overlooked--especially other southern books such as "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Bark of the Dogwood." Still, "Mockingbird" is one of the best, and before you do anything, read this book. Told through the eyes of Scout, this child-narrated book is in good company with Twain's "Huck Finn" or Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye." The story is straightforward and simple, yet somehow rings as true today as it did years ago when the events alledgedly happened. Harper Lee is a national treasure and should not be forgotten! Read this book and enjoy!
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Summary: strong message
Review: This book is powerful and compelling...Lee's story is classical fiction at its best...very powerful message..My only gripe is u can tell the ending about 40 pages before you actually read it and u know the fate of the trial probably before u read the book. If u havent read this book i highly suggest it...and if ur still in school i would suggest reading it for fun before u have to do assignments on it and it ruins it for u.
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Summary: I loved it
Review: I'm currently in Middle shool and for one of my school's literary projects I was assighned to read To Kill a Mockingbird and let me just say I loved it. I could read the book, a chaper, a page even and find new meaning in it every time. It's like a window into the past.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird = Great Book
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about two juveniles that face trouble that is at work all around the U.S. racism. Jem and Scout Finch are in a position where their farther must defend an African American by the name of Tom Robinson. Tom had been accused of raping a white girl. As Harper Lee expresses the strong prejudice in the 1930's.
The story takes place in the southern part of the U.S.A. in a county called Maycomb. There Jem and Scout and their friend, Dill, play. Though Dill only stays for the summer with a lady named Miss Rachael. Miss Rachael along with Miss Maudie, Miss Stephanie Crawford, and others of wisdom all live in the oldest neighborhood in Maycomb . Lee describes the wisdom of the neighbor. "Miss Maudie, this is an old neighborhood ain't it? Been Here Longer than the town"(Lee 103).
The Finch family has been put under a lot of pressure over Atticus's job defending Tom in court. The family even seems to turn on them. Though Scout acts in the wrong way towards this pressure. "Francis [Scout's cousin] looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently subdued, and crooned softly, "Nigger-lover..." This time I had split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth" (Lee 96). Lee describes Scout punishing her cousin for calling her farther names.
The most peculiar part of this book is the way Jem, Dill, and, Scout treat there neighbor, Mr. Arthur Radley as if he is a scary and crazy man. They later found out he was quit fond of them and watched and helped them more than they knew he had. He wasn't evil just shy. "Mister Arthur, bend your arm down here, like that. That's right, sir." I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm. He had to stoop a little to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk as any gentleman would do"(Lee 320).
I highly recommend this book to all readers. There are several lessons in this book that will help you in life. I also am impressed by how the narrator is a young girl instead of a middle-aged person. That is just the coolest way to write, through the child's eyes. So please, do read this book you wont regret it.
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Summary: The Invisible Characters
Review: Scout's mother, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley never or rarely speak for themselves, but they cast long shadows on one little girl's life. What made this book a gem for me was the way Harper Lee allows the reader to fill in the landscape. Atticus tousels the hair of a little girl before delivering bad news that will change her life forever; we are left to guess how it must remind him of telling his own daughter that mom will never return. He replies to his sister, "I do the best I can with them (the kids)", leaving his grief unstated. In a time of public disgraces and eternal processing of emotion, Harper Lee's book is a reminder of a time of privacy, decorum, and the power of what is left unsaid.
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Summary: To Kill A Mocking Bird
Review: It speaks atleast something for a book when over 1200 people think it is worth writing a reveiw for.
I got my copy of "To Kill A Mocking Bird" when I was leaving home, to join a university in Australia. It was perhaps the only book my dad referred to, and all that he said of it was "I liked it." I thought I should read it just to know what kind of books Papa liked. If you, like me, have been luck to know nothing more of the book, skip all the reveiws and get the book.
Harper Lee has written a very beautiful book, one that will take your breath away. Never cliche, never boring, never sagging. Young Scout and her world is only incidentally in Alabama. It could be anywhere, anytime. With Atticus's teaching of "step into his shoes and walk around in it", Scout takes her readers into her world. It has old dying ladies, missionary parties, hidden treasures, firing guns, friendly neighbours, haunted houses and all the yarn. And all the different things happening to her and around her, fit seemlessly as in real life, most uncliche-ly. I never thought any book could manage to do that. Harper Lee does an honest incredible job.
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Summary: Still a Good Book, if not exactly for kids
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird chronicles the lives of Scout,Jem,Atticus, Dill, and the residents of Maycomb, Alabama. The year is 1935, and trouble is brewing. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem's father, must defend a black man for the rape of a white girl. Scout and Jem have confidence in their father, but it takes an unforgettable night in Maycomb for them to realize how dangerous a thing their father is doing. Great book. I didn't even think it was possible to write this well. This book flows along smoothly but not slowly. Harper Lee obviously gave great thought to this novel. Thank you, Ms. Lee, for giving us a novel everybody can enjoy.
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Summary: Must-read
Review: I consider To Kill a Mockingbird my favorite novel of all-time, and for good reason. Like the film starring Gregory Peck, it shines as one of literature's finest Classics. A must-read and a must-buy for any book lover!
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Summary: Great classic...
Review: I was assigned to read this book in 10th grade "American Literature" class. To my suprise it grabbed me to where I couldn't just read the assigned reading. Book is much much better then the movie. Part were a little confusing at that age, but easy to jump back in. Would recommend to a reader of any age!
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Summary: The innocence of a Mockingbird
Review: To Kill a Mocking Bird is my favourite book. I think that it deserves 6 stars! When Jem and Scout Finch find a small boy hidden in the cabbage patch, named Dill, they make good friends with him. But, Dill leads them into trouble, and as his thirst for knowledge increases, he leads Jem and Scout into danger. But this is not the only danger the children should have to encounter. Powered by rage, when Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout's father, accepts to laywer a black man, a drunken fool flys into a rage and attacks the children This book almost made me cry when I read it, but it made me laugh, too. It will always be one of my all time favourites, so if you're thinking of buying a book, this is my top reccomendation.
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