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Summary: A nice classic
Review: Having read this book 20 years or so ago in high school, I had a suggestion to try it again. I'm glad I did. The daily life of Scout Finch is described well. Characters Jem and Atticus Finch are good too. Add in summer friend, Dill. Of course the daily activities include wondering on a way to get the infamous Boo Radley out of his house. The trial of Tom Robinson is also very interesting. The end result a really entertaining story by Harper Lee.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: This book is one of the best books i have ever read in my life. It excemplifies such character and such realism...its a wonderful book for kids of all ages.
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Summary: Great
Review: This is a coming of age novel, which means that characters in the novel either mature or become aware of something they never knew before. This story tells the adventure of two lovable children named Scout and Jem and their many 'adventures.' As they grow older, a matter of a few years, they become aware of many prejudices and that their world is not perfect. They go through a trial for rape and assault, because their father Atticus is a lawyer defending the man on trial. They also experience a mean old lady, gossip, attempted murder, and a house burning down. The events in the book are far too long to get into detail about. Pick yourself up a copy and see that this book is great!
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Summary: More than racial issues
Review: "To Kill A Mockingbird" is more than the usually discussed issues of racial bigotry and the human condition under trial. Don't let me take away from those values at all... but Harper Lee has written a book transcending a literary social commentary. She has written a love story.A love story? huh? Who gets married? Does anyone kiss? Are there passages of deep romance? No, no, no... none of that. Try instead family love. Atticus is the kind of single dad we need to see more of in this generation. He cares for his children so much that he protects them from the fires of his grown-up life of representing an innocent man. He protects them from the full impact of his neighbor's lies. He shows them how to love them, even though he knows his neighbors hate him and the love of fellow man he represents. If all Atticus, the father, did, was love the innocent man, he would be doing a good thing, but he demonstrates love and allows dignity (when possible) for the ones persecuting the innocent. He shows he is a big man, and his children mimic this sense of understanding. Deeply rooted in the memories of his children, the story has a gentle subtext of growing up. You can almiost taste the lemonade of the porch and smell the flowers in nearby gardens. Lee's power as an author here is that she does let her statements about humanity overtake the story. Rather, she lets the story tell the story, and she just writes down what happened in her imagination. Her characters are not paste-up Southern children or adults, but complex characters all of us relate to (even me up here near Chicago!). Relationships are embedded in the depth of being neighbors. This creating a mileau of angst in Atticus' children when they see the adults warring in court and out of court in matters of truth. I fully recommend this book, and think to give it the best reading possible, examine how interwoven the story is with its various cultures and characters. The power of Lee's message will be plenty clear. Anthony Trendl
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Summary: A Classic
Review: What a wonderful story and what a refreshing change to read a story written with such virtue, honesty, and integrity! Where are the Atticus Finches' in today's world? Simply Wonderful!
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Summary: I Love This Book
Review: I am 13 years old and had to read this book for summer reading this summer (summer of 9th grade) and believe it or not I fell in love with it. I read the whole book in 2 days. This book contains views from the eyes of a child. It is filled with history, suspense,drama and many other interesting topics. Harper Lee truly is a person with a wonderful gift. To Kill A Mockingbird puts your beliefs to the test. I highly recomend this book for people ages 13 and older because there is some slight vaulgarity. Read this book and find out if truth prevails.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the best books in town!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book....it was cleverly written by the author...we see the prejudices and all the different types of people living in Maycomb County come alive through the narration of Scout,a girl who has not quite yet reached the age of 9.The book was written in a simple, and yet humourous way, and the message that the author was trying to get across is very clear, that we should never ever judge people until we have seen their true colours.Alas! The world is often less than perfect and sensible people such as Atticus, Scout's father, are becoming extinct. I read this book twice, and it brought me to tears each time. The simple acts of kindness shown to Scout and his older brother, Jem, by their neighbour, "Boo" Radley, are really touching. People like "Boo" , who have strange and weird habits and are not like the ordinary being, are often misunderstood and misjudged by people.However, they often have a beautiful side to them that people fail to see.After reading this book, it really made me think twice about the misconceptions that appearances give.
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Summary: Childhood
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird was an excellent book, the dialect and the plot got my attention from the first chapter. The theme and the characters can be relative to life. All together, this book was one of my favorites.
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Summary: You must not miss this!
Review: Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is about kids growing up with their father, a lawyer, in a village in Alabama. It describes the adventures and every day's life in their neighborhood. Atticus Finch educates his children, Scout (Jean Louise) and Jem, in a spirit of freedom and justice, but has also an eye on individual opinions of other people, although they might differ from his own ones. The tension between these two points, justice and the prejudices of most of the people around the Finch family, reaches its climax when Atticus takes responsibility for an probably innocent man in a murder trial. The man's only fault is that his skin has the wrong color. The court scenes are written brilliantly, but "To Kill a Mockingbird" is far more than one of the typical court thrillers. The detailed description of the life of Atticus, his kids, and their neighbors makes the best deal of the book. In spite of the precise narration, the book never gets boring but is written somewhat in the view of childish curiosity. The well-known movie based on the novel is in good agreement with the book and also rather close to the text. But as in every movie, some details have to be taken out to fit the story into two hours. Do not miss this book.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird...
Review: I really liked this book except for the fact that it was a pretty slow reader for me. It has a good plot, characters, story, and a pretty good ending. There were many boring points in my opinion during this book. Scout and Jem are brother and sister(Scout's the girl). This story tells of their growing up together with a friend of theirs named Dill, who comes to Maycomb every summer. He and Scout want to get married some day. ^_^ One of the goals of the children is to get a peek at the mysterious neighbor of theirs, Boo Radley. They have heard lots of stories about Boo like when he was cutting up newspapers and stabbed his mother in the leg...(eek!) Boo Radley had never left his house. One of the children at Jem and Scout's school even goes a mile out of her way walking home just to avoid having to walk by the Radley Place. The kids decide to make a game called "Boo Radley". It starts to turn into a play and they end up playing it for a very long time. It tells of the story of Boo and his life(I'm guessing that Scout, Jem, and Dill made up some of it on their own). Will they ever see Boo? And if they do, what does he look like? How will they meet? What would they say? Maybe they won't even see him...you'll have to find out for yourself. ^_^
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