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Summary: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Review: I think that this book is a great way to portray the many life difficulties in every way. It is neat how the author encorporates the title of the book into the nvel itself. Lee has a great ability to catch the reader's attention when she wants to. Also, the characters she has in the novel are interesting because they all have different personalities and character traits. However, this is not the number-one book.
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Summary: A deeply moving tale of prejudice and malevolence
Review: Another book for English class that I developed a strong attachment to. It's definitely one of the best modern novels that have been written! For those of you that haven't the slightest clue what this book is about...TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a story of growing up, the childhood of Scout and Jem Finch in a small town in Alabama in the 1930's. Their father, Atticus, is a respectable lawyer, given the job of defending Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a white woman. It's a very dark theme that inhabits this innocent world of youthfulness, but that is part of the plot: to describe the loss of innocence and the maturing of the children in their views and actions in the face of various social issues such as prejudice and class distinction. While being told from a child's point of view runs really deep and you'll be surprised by how intelligent Scout and Jem are. The title, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is explained on pg. 90 of the book, declaring the sin of murdering the helpless and innocent. The story is told in a flashback, by Scout, who recounts the events between her 5 and 9 years of age, the events leading up to her brother Jem's broken arm. ...Now don't think this book is totally dreary and hateful - most of the characters (like Scout, Jem, and Dill) are really pleasant and incredibly entertaining. The story takes on the real life approach but it is most relevant and I truly agree that this book is a must-read for everyone.
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Summary: Why Did Ms. Lee Stop Writing...
Review: Harper Lee I wanted more great reads from you!! Every writers strives to achieve what came so readily for Ms. Lee with her first and only novel. Every reader (young and old) will have questions. I know I did. The rage of an era and the ignorance of people. 41 years after the book - people are still angry and ignorant. The people (Finches, Radleys, Ewells, Robinsons, Cunninghams), the town (Maycomb), the crime (rape by a black man of a white woman), the innocence (Scout and Dill), fear (Mayella) and wisdom (Jem) of children - in one book. I first read this classic at 13 years of age. I had so many questions, I drove my mother nuts. Why? Why? Why? Atticus, Cal, Scout, Dill, Jem, Tom, Helen, Maudie, Ms. Stephanie, Aunty, Heck, will always be a part of me. On a scale of 1-10, this read is a 100. Ms. Lee, wherever you are, whatever you are doing ... Thank you!!
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: I read To Kill A Mockingbird. This book was about 3 kids in the town of Maycomb. The setting of this stroy was during The Great Depression. The main characters are Jem, Scout & Atticus Finch. They are poor, but luckily for them their dad, Atticus, is an attorney. Jem and Scout meet a boy, Dill, and get into all sorts of mischief throughout the story.
I thought that this book was interesting and learned the true meaning of the title. I thought this book was very meaningful and Lee has written a lot to teach his readers. this book is great for those with time on their hands and prepared for a good text. Harper moves the readers with the profound thoughts and quotes of the characters.
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Summary: The Review of to Kill a Mockingbird
Review: I read the book to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is about a little girl as she deals with racism, strange people and good old fun. This book takes place in Maycomb county, Alabama around the 1930's. The main character's name is Scout and she narrates the story.
The other characters in the story are Jem, her brother, Atticus, her father, Boo Radely, a neighbor hardly anyone has seen, Dill a friend visiting for the summer, and other townspeople.
Dill is a great character just from how he acts. A lot of people could relate to him. He is described as fat, short and a "big fibber".
Boo Radley is a neighbor who was believed to have killed a member of his family, who holds most of your suspense in the story, and there is a twist in the end involving him.
I reccomend this book because every page is a thrilling heart-wrenching experience that keeps you wanting more and more!..
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Summary: Not very good
Review: This book was tremendouly slow, and most of the time boring. I mean no offence to the people who liked this book, but I personally thought it was a borig book. Maybe it's because I like to read books with more action. I did not like this book, it had too little action, and even the climax was not very exiting.
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Summary: 1 book....one nation
Review: This is a book which I believe that everyone in the entire nation should read some time in their life. The messages from this book are so powerful, yet it is easy and enjoyable to read, so you don't have to be an English expert or a great reader to be able to read this book and get something positive from it. 12 year olds would love this book. This book does a great job of addressing the issue of racism. So if you haven't read this book, then read it right now. Make it the next book you buy.
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Summary: Out of the Mouths of Babes. . . .
Review: With 600+ reviews, I'll spare you the plot details and synopsis. Simply put, I can't think of a better book that has been written in English (or any other language, for that matter). I have taught it for years to my sophomores, and I love teaching it every time. Harper Lee's narration and dialogue are so wonderfully simple and child-like, while dealing with some very serious and heady topics: racism, hatred, and bigotry. She manages to make Scout, who is nine at the beginning of the novel, sound like a nine-year-old--not an easy task. Many authors who have children as narrators fall into the trap of having them sound too young and immature or too adult and sophistocated. Scout sounds like a whiny, impulsive, little brat at times and then makes the most profound and insightful statements at others--as most intelligent children do. . . . This, I believe, is Harper Lee's greatest accomplishment in this novel. Yes, she deals wonderfully with the Nazi movements in Europe, the local racism in Maycomb, and the private prejudices against Boo Radley. However, those issues have been tackled before and since. Never have they been tackled with a narrator such as Scout, however. She brings a naivete, child-like innocence, and humor to the novel and its larger, darker, deeper topics and themes. Harper Lee deserves so much credit for not trying to outdo herself by writing more books of a similar nature or even, God forbid, a sequel. She said all that needed to be said and stopped talking. Other authors might want to take a lesson from Ms. Lee. In short, no American student should be allowed to receive a high school diploma without having read TKM and writing a pretty darned good essay over it. I'd settle for them just reading it, though. . . . .
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Summary: It was confussing, but good
Review: I liked the book. It was interesting how the book was based on a flashback, insted of a present time.
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Summary: A TIMELESS PERENNIAL DELIGHT
Review: Two motherless children try to understand life in their small southern town during the depression. A thoroughly engaging and moving reading experience, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is one of my all-time favourite books. Those kids (Jem and Scout Finch) are so funny and you just know that the town of Maycomb HAD to be modeled on a real town (it was - Monroeville, Alabama - where author Harper (Nelle) Lee grew up). A story about growing up and the social conscience which binds us all, this book takes place in the depressed year of 1932. The children's father, Atticus Finch,is a man who's morals and conscience remind one of Abraham Lincoln! The book is written from the point of view of Jean Louise ("Scout") Finch, a six-year-old tomboy who wears dungarees: she would rather roll in old tires and climb trees with her brother Jem and their friend Dill - he was based on Lee's childhood friend Truman Capote - than do "girl things". There are characters in the book which weren't included in the excellent 1962 film, such as the matronly scold Aunt Alexandra and Zeebo, Calpurnia's (the much-loved black housekeeper) son. Miss Dubose is a crotchety caution who's addicted to morphine (she falls asleep at the same time everyday while Jem reads to her - as punishment for destroying her garden). Miss Maudie and Stephanie Crawford are amusing characters. I love the part when Ms. Crawford claimed that Boo Radley was gazing at her from outside her bedroom window - Miss Maudie curtly replied thusly: "Well, what did you do, Stephanie? - move over and make room for him?" That shut her up. The comical moments are amusingly life-like and therefore easy to relate to. The surprisingly powerful and emotional revelation towards the end of the novel is something which one can only experience by reading literature of the top rank; this Pulizer Prize - winning novel has won the hearts of millions and will undoubtedly enlighten generations to come!
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