To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the best books I've ever read. This story does a number of things to you at the same time. It educates you as far as how things went back in times when blacks and whites were seperated and were enemies. It also takes you through the life of a young girl and gives you a view of the world from an innocent child's eyes. The only flaw in the book is that the author takes her knowledge of the vocabulary and instills it in an eight year old girl. There are two main themes in the book. The first is the need for compassion. This is the most important, and is mentioned several times throughout the book. Atticus is Scout's(the narrarator and main character) father and he is constantly reminding his children not to discriminate or make fun of anyone else unless you have "been in their shoes." The second theme is the need for conscience. Atticus is the local town lawyer and he takes a case defending a black man, knowing that he won't win. He has a good, clear conscience and wants his children to be proud of him as well as be like him. This book makes you not want to put it down because there is action in every chapter. I would definetly recommend this book to anyone who has a spare $6 to spend. The end of the book goes like this..... Wait a minute, if I told you then there wouldn't be a point in you reading it. I guess you'll just have to read it for yourself and find out.

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Summary: Turned me on to the noble profession of law.
Review: This classic turned me on to the practice of law. Every time I hear a lawyer joke I think about the other side that To Kill A Mockingbird displayed.

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Summary: Far more than a courtroom drama
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird has always conjured up the image of Gregory Peck in the courtroom. Not that I have anything against courtroom dramas, but I always wondered what the fuss was about. Now I can only say that I really wish I had read this book as a teenager, even though it was still a wonderful read for this 40-something year old.

It is an eloquent testimony to growing up in the South during the depression. However, unlike so many "Southern" novels, this isn't a depressing book. Tough, difficult things happen but the reader comes away inspired. It reminded me a little bit of Angela's Ashes. Perhaps this feeling derives from the narrator being a child but it works.

I won't bore you with the plot. Simply said, this is a classic for good reason. It has lots to say and it says with style and grace. It also has enough plot to be chosen by the International Mystery Booksellers Association as one of the 100 best mysteries of the 20th century.

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Summary: A Fantastic Find
Review: I am 14 years old and a student attending Franklin Learning Center. This book was a great book to read. I found it real inspiring and very exciting. All the fun and excitement seemed to lead more on also and made me feel like I can join the story anytime I was ready. Just jump in and be prepared for a lot of twist and turns. I found the book to be a real good read and I rarely say that about any book. It was one of the few classics that I read that I ended up liking. A lot of people may say that this book was a really boring book or that they couldn't get into it, but let me tell you, this was a n amazing book to really get in to. You have truth and fiction all in one book. Now I think I'm ready to see the movie because the book was that good. I hope you, the next reader, will enjoy it to.

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Summary: A Review by GEL (Group of Elderly Ladies)
Review: In the late 1930s, the quiet town of Maycomb, Alabama awakens to a divisive trial that reveals fierce intolerance and tests the strength of a family. The novel's narrator is Scout, an earnest young tomboy and daughter of the town lawyer, who documents her childhood and how it has been irrevocably shaped by a court case her father was assigned one summer. Beyond the court case, however, we find several sub-plots that help shape the characters into who they are by the end of the story. One of those sub-plots being, Scout and her brother Jem's continued interest in their neighbor Boo(Arthur) Radley. Boo Radley was not just a neighbor to Scout and Jem, he was an enduring fascination, an unsolved mystery, and a hero. By examining the relationships between the children, Boo and the other characters, one gets a glimpse of life in a small southern town, with all of its intricacies.

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Summary: i found myself laughing
Review: --I just recently read this book and i must say i am very delighted that i did. I have meant to read it for a few years now, but never had the chance. Not knowing exactly what it was about except for the rape of a white girl and the charge of a black man it sounded like "a time to kill" to me, but it is anything but that book.

i found myself laughing at this novel because of Lee's quick wit and clever characters. Calpurnia i found made me laugh the most. She was so blunt and hard on the children and always had something smart to say to them.

Beginning the book i thought the two children were boys. Lee never mentions (or at least i didn't notice) that Jean was was a girl. They called her scout and she didn't want to seem like a girl when she played with Dill and Jem. I was pretty amazed to find out she was a girl and i loved the way she acted. Always wanting to follow her older brothers lead and wanting to marry dill.

Boo Radley (the scary man that haunts the town of Maycomb, who never leaves his house and might be dead) fueled the beginning of the book. Lee writes amazingly about children and their comical antics. It reminded me of the way i used to be.

While the town of Maycomb thought Atticus (the children's father) was not fathering his children right, i came to love him. His sence of reasoning and hearing each of the children out before making any rash decisions. He was always so calm no matter what happened and could never be seen without reading. he was an intelligent man that the town should have looked up to instead of looking down on him. He let his children do what they wanted, but for their own good. With this freedom the children could learn right from wrong (of course with guidance) and be who they wanted.

To Kill a Mockingbird is also about the hypocrisy that faces us. During the middle of the book it is brought to Scout's attention by her teacher that it is wrong to kill Jews because they are so law abiding, faithful and help out their communities so well, but Scout wonders why her teacher could feel this way about Jews and not feel this way about blacks.

This novel reaffirmed my appreciation for how far we have come with civil rights. The book does not only deal with this, but it is a strong vaild point. In order to get where we are now (and we still have a long way to go) we needed people in communities like Atticus who would take the looks and stares from his neighbors in order to defend what he thought was right. He defended a black man when the town said he shouldn't have just so he was able to look in his children's eyes. He wanted them to see that everyone is equal and sometimes the right thing is the hardest thing to do.

OVERALL: To kill a mockingbird is a novel everyone should read. Its wit and humor make the message of this book even more brighter to see. While i did not find this book suspensful till the end (which i must add had a GREAT ending) i found myself wanting to turn each page because i was enjoying myself while reading about the city of Maycomb. Lee makes you feel as though you live right next to the Fitch's and are sitting on your portch watching the summer days go by.

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Summary: To kill a mockingbird
Review: To kill a mocking bird is a fantastic story about a little ordinary girl that lives in a small southern town with the name Jean-louise Finch. The book is like her diary and she tells us everything that is going on in her life. Jean -louise is also known as Scout and has an older brother called Jem that she spend most of the days with. Her father (also known as Atticus) is a successful lawyer that has a difficult time raising the children alone since his wife died after scout was born. Scout is an intelligent and clever girl that likes to learn and therefore knew the alphabet and how to read in an early age with the help of her House -made called Calpurnia. Scout is more of a boy because she hates skirts and dresses like the other girls at school always wear. She loves fighting and does many naughty things with her brother that Atticus and Calpurnia dislike like when Scout and Jem visit the huge, scary and dangerous house with the weird man living in it. The climax or the high point in the book is probably the trial (which includes Atticus and Mayella) that takes place near the end of the book but there are many incidents that happen before this that scout experience.

The book is very well written because there is not a single moment in the book were nothing is happening. There are many exciting incidents with unexpected endings and you just cant put the book down because you are all the time curious of what is going to happen next to the little girl. The beginning was maybe a bit boring but when you pass the first two pages the excitement begins. I compared my life when I was as small as her to scout's life and it is quite similar because I was also like boy and always wanted to be like my brothers. This book has everything that a book should have: kindness, love, cruelty, excitement, humour, and frightening moments. I really enjoyed reading this book and I recommend it to everyone that likes to read because this is a book for all ages. The language in "To kill a mocking bird" is not too difficult so young children that are able to read can read it and enjoy it as much as a teenager and a grown up can.

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Summary: A fine work of art.
Review: To kill a mockingbird takes place in Macomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a quiet, innocent little town until one day when a Blackman raped a white woman. You follow the life Scout Finch, who is the young girl, she has a brother Jem, and their father is called Atticus and he is a lawyer. Their mom died when Scout and Jem were both young; therefore, Atticus have a black nanny called Calpurnia employed, who helps raising the children. During the book Atticus have to defend a Blackman, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Butch, and in the times of the 1930ies a Blackman's word is worth nothing against a white man's. The Finch's has neighbour called Boo Radley, who Scout and Jem find quite scary and evil. But as the children get older and wiser they start to see things from other points of views and develop more understanding about.

After a couple of long pages the book became better and better. Things got placed where they belonged and you could feel how the life in Maycomb was like. I liked the description as I went along, it's not too short, so you don't understand anything, and at the same time not to long, so you don't fall asleep and the choice of word is thought-thorugh (as Lee went over it over and over again) but not to complicated. As the book discusses serious racial issues you see the view of it from two sides, one from the majority of the people in Maycomb and one from Scouts father, Atticus. Atticus is several times accused of being a "niggerlover", but he tells his children not to bother about it. Atticus is my own favourite characters because he has got a character, he has everything under control and keeps "cool" all the time. Every once in a while there is small things happening to the main characters that is nothing really special, but on a second though it teaches the reader about something. about the characters in Maycomb, or about how they are in there minds. And of course, as usual, the book is better than the movie. I think the book is a very well written book and I would recommend it to anyone that has some spare time to dedicate to a work of art.

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Summary: Racism conflict
Review: To Kill a Mocking bird is a novel that talks about the everyday life of a family. The novel has been writing on first person, having Scout as the narrator. Scout is a young girl that narrates all the conflicts that trouble her childhood. Scout lives with her dad named Atticus, Calpurnia the housekeeper and her older brother named Jem. Atticus works in the Alabama State Legislature, he practices law. Another important character in the novel is Dill, Scout's best friend. Throughout the entire novel Jem, Scout and Dill spend most of the time together they practically become inseparable. The setting of the novel is a small town called Maycomb found in Alabama. It is a very small town where everyone is related to everyone and gossiping is one of the main activities. Bob Radley is a character that represents the fear and the unknown. Scout narrates her fear for this man and how scary his house is. The main conflict of the book appears when Tom Robinson is accused of rapping Mayella Ewell, a white nineteen years old girl. The conflict becomes evident when Scout reveals that Tom Robinson is black. Atticus takes Tom's case knowing that it will be very difficult because no blacks have ever win a case of rape in the State of Alabama. Atticus stands for his believes no matter what the people say about defending a black. Scout narrates all the fights she has at school because of her father situation. She does not really understand why some people are so unfair only because of the colour of the skin. The book then turns into a novel about racism. The book teaches us about how we sometimes have the wrong idea about people we do not really know and most importantly about injustice.

I think the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a very interesting and enjoyable book. It is very easy to read because it does not use complicated vocabulary. It is particularly interesting because it focuses in a worldwide problem called racism. The book has a plot that makes it very intriguing and it uses a flash back that creates a situation of expectation for the reader. To conclude I would like to say that I really like the book and I will definitely recommend this book to other people interested in good stories.

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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that is about compassion, dicrimination, and predgidous. It takes place during the 1930's in Macomb, Alabama in the depression. It is about a man who is blamed for a crime because of his race.This book is similar to a lot of other books that have been written predgidous or racisim. Author's who have been a part of predgidousism or racisim can probably write a better book than others by thier experience. My personal reaction to the book is that I think that it is wrong to treat another human being different by thier race or ethnic backround. This book was about a man, Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a little girl. Atticus tries to defend him but the jury still find Tom guilty. Tom dies tring to flee but is shot by the sheriff. Mr. Ewell, the father of the girl, attacks Atticus's children when they are coming home from a play at school. A man named Boo saves the chlidren and they run to go get help. My reaction to the book is that it was very interisting. I also feel that it showed a lot of truth about how people that are different are treated better or worse. Although this book might not be for some people I think that people should read this book to help make them realize how people are really being treated.