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Summary: Review of "To Kill a Mockingbird" from Mr. Carlton
Review: The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" from Harper Lee is about Scout, a girl who is the daugther of a man called Atticus who defends an Afro-American. This person is Tom Robinson, who is charged with the rape of a white girl. It is obviously that he has not comitted the crime, but the people in the small town Maycomb are racists and that makes the defend of Tom Robinson very difficult for Atticus.
At the beginning the novel was very difficult for me to read, because the first few chapters are boring, but when i went on reading the book, it became more and more interesting.
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Summary: Harper Lee - To kill a mockingbird
Review: Maycomb, a little town in Alabama in the 1950's:
A young girl named Scout grows up and tells the story. Her father Atticus is a lawyer and he defends a black man who is blamed for raping a white girl although he is innocent, but the whole town is full of racism and against the black man and his lawyer. The story is told in a realistic and detailed way so that the beginning of the story is difficult to understand and not very interesting. But later you get a part of the book and it is easier to understand. The novel gets very interesting and is a fascinating new part of the anti-racism literature.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird - a "Must-read"
Review: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a novel that deals with the problem of racial prejudice in southern parts of the United States in the 1930's. The main character, Atticus Finch, is a liberal and open-minded lawyer in his self-righteous white community in Maycomb, Alabama. He takes up the defence of Tom Robinson, a black farm worker who innocently stands accused of raping a white woman. Robinson is found guilty and killed while attempting to escape, and Finch is confronted with the hate and injustice of the community he lives in. The novel is told from the perspective of Finch's 9-year-old daughter, Jean Louise ("Scout").
I enjoyed reading this book very much. It gives an insight into how life must have been (and, perhaps, still is) in a racist community like Maycomb (which, of course, is a fictional location). The novel's plot is well-elaborated, its characters are complex and realistic. I especially liked the second part of the novel, dealing with Tom Robinson's trial and the effects Atticus' stand against his racist community by defending him in that trial has on his life and his family. It is also quite interesting to see how Scout seems to "mentally grow up" when becoming aware of the "ugly face" behind the nice and clean facades of the town. The first part before the communnity starts to show its true attitude could have been a little bit shorter,it is more interesting for people who are interested in society and the relationships between the people. Nevertheless, this book is fascinating and worth reading.
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Summary: Review of To Kill a Mockingbird
Review: Maycomb is a small town in the South of the US during the 30's with all the prejudices against Blacks and poorer families where Jean Louise, called Scout, and her older brother Jem grow up. And during this time their father has to defend a black man who is charged with the rape of a white girl.
The children are constantly confronted with prejudices and hate, but they hold together and to their father, although the society of Maycomb is against him. That summer Scout gets to know that nothing is what it seems.
The book shows the difference between Blacks and Whites in southern America. You get an expression on what it was like during the 30's through innocent eyes of a young girl growing up.
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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: This story is about a 8 year old girl named Jean Louise (Scout) Finch that lives with her father Atticus and her brother Jeremy(Jem) Finch in the little town of Maycomb.This book was really interesting and touching and made me think about what colored people had to go through to live in the south.My favorite part was the Tom Robinson trial.I also liked the movie too.It didnt show all the details that were in the book, but it was a great reselmblence :)
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Summary: A book you cant put down!
Review: To Kill A Mocking Bird
Lee, Harper
A Pandey
Period - 5 A great book by Harper Lee! This book takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930's ,or else known as the great depression.
The book is about the society when white people and black people didn't get along that well. Scout our main character in this book is a tomboy. Everyone in the society use to tell her your dad, is a nigger lover beacuse he is helping a black man in court for false rape charages against him. The blace man who accused of raping a Mayella a white women, Tom Robinson, but no one beliefed him except scout's dad because Tom was black. This whole book is about Scout learing about the terrible society when black and white people didnt get along.
I liked this book because it explains about the society in which different color people didn't get along very well. I also learned that you should not judge people until your in their shoes, and view life in their point of view. Boo Radely was a great character to me because everyone thought he is an evil person, but he turns out to be a great soul who always cared about Jem and Scout.Jem is a very protective and wise brother of Scout. I liked this because it taught me about racial differences back in the 1930's. I liked the quote Atticus said," You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
I liked everything in this book except for some racial comments by the society. I disliked the part when Mrs. Gate's told her 3rd grade class how mean Hitler is tormenting the Jews. Later, Scout overheard Mrs. Gates talking to another teacher that black people should be treated like this not Jews. This quote really touched me and was my favorite one, "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." My favorite part of this book was when Scout, Jem, and Dill are running to Radelys house to have a glimse of him, when they see a shadow of his from the window. Suddendly there was a gunshot the three tried to runaway from the fence when Jem pants get stuck in the fence and rip. When Jem father asks him where his pants are Dill says " We were playin strip poker" this part was interesting because it showed how Dill helped out in times like that. Later on that night at 2 o' clock when Jem goes to look for his pants he finds it sewn and nicely folded it for him as if someone knew he was going to come. This also shows another example of kindness from Boo Radely. Overall this was a excellent book to read for me.
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Summary: Review
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
By Harper Lee
Reviewed by: B. Khau
P. 5 Scout Finch is the main character of the book. She lives with Jem and Atticus, her brother and father. She has no mother because her mother died. Scout meets a boy named Dill and they become friends. Scout, her brother, and Dill act out stories together. Dill hears about a house on their street called the Radley Place. One day they find mysterious presents left for them. The children guess that it is from Boo, who is Mr. Nathan Radley's brother. Then one day, the three children sneak into the Radley Place and lots of trouble awaits them there. They get shot at by Nathan Radley, and try to escape. After they escape, a fire breaks and a blanket is slipped onto Scout's shoulders. She thinks that it was Boo and she tells her father about it. After that, Atticus gets involved a trial involved Tom Robinson. Tom was accused of raping a white woman.
I liked this book because there were many surprises in it. One part that surprised me was when the children snuck in the Radley Place and heard a gunshot. "Halfway through the collards I tripped; as I tripped the roar of a shotgun shattered the neighborhood." This sentence was from the book and it was described well. It told exactly what happened with good details without confusing the readers. I was getting a little bored because there was not much going on. It didn't have much war and fighting like some of the books I read before. The book had more complicated situations, and was about how some white people could be racist.
Most of the book was interesting although I disliked the fact that this book was pretty long. I had to rush through the book and finish it in time to write this review. I also don't like the way the book has a lot of parts where there is nothing much but conversations and I get bored. An example of this is near the very beginning. "We stared at him until he spoke:" After that sentence was when I started to get bored. However, there are some parts in the book that you read and suddenly jump up and get really interested.
My favorite part was near the end when Boo saved the kids. It showed how the evil and prejudice in this world can be stopped. Boo stabs Ewell, but he does not get arrested. The sheriff tries to protect Boo and lies that Ewell tripped over a root and stabbed himself.
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Summary: to kill a mockingbird
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is the best book I have ever read. It is about how people deal with major issues of racism during the segregation period. In the town of Maycomb County, a little family dealt with a lot of these serious issues of being bothered because Atticus Finch, the father of the family, defends black people. Atticus, a lawyer who is considered to do all the dirty jobs no one wants to do, is defending a Negro by the name of Tom Robinson. This wasn't considered a brave thing to do in their town, it was mainly thought of as stupid or a joke. The Cunninghams, another white family of Maycomb accused Tom of abusing and taking advantage of their older daughter, Mayela when he was allowed inside their fence, just to do a few chores. They claim that Tom beat her about the face, and on the arms, and then he got on top of her, just when the dad walked in and caught him.
During this trial, the two Finch kids have struggles with other kids at school, because their dad is defending a Negro. The ending is unpredictable, and leaves you wanting more. If you want a good read, I urge you to get this book as soon as possible. It is one of the greatest books of our time, because it is realistic, and the author writes so well. To Kill a Mockingbird is really well written and it is written so that you have to infer a lot of the time, about some background knowledge of what went on in the past, during that time period. It is a good book that keeps you thinking, and you actually feel like you are there with the characters. i highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Not enough stars
Review: Harper Lee gave us one of the greatest gifts known to literature when she created TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. The characters of Atticus, Jem, Scout, and Boo are now staples of our collective consciousness and it seems that everything that came after them, especially in Southern literature, has played off those personalities in some way or another. Even if this book were not required reading, it still would be the bestseller that is it. The writing is not complicated, but then, it's being narrated by a child. Eloquent and yet psychologically complex underneath, MOCKINGBIRD will remain a classic for as long as people want to hope and dream about a future. Like McCrae's "Bark of the Dogwood" or Flagg's "Fried Green Tomatoes," Lee's MOCKINGBIRD shows us not only the bad side of human nature, but the good as well. Reading this book has been a rite of passage for years for high school students and we can only hope that that particular trend continues. Also recommended: East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Bark of the Dogwood
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: The story To Kill A Mockingbird, is a story that is set in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1960's, when blacks and whites still didn't get along too well. The author, Harper Lee, wrote this book as if it was 8-year-old Scout Finch telling the story. This makes the story more emotional to the readers because it tells about the hard times of growing up, going to school, and dealing with life. The story starts off as everything going pretty well in this little Alabama town with her brother Jem Finch, who is a couple years older then her, her father, Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer, and their maid, Calpurnica. In the summer one year a boy named Dill Harris was visiting with his Aunt Stephanie, and met up with Jem and Scout and from that summer on Dill would come and stay with them. Down the street from the Finch's there was a old house, which the Radley family used to live in. The people said now that only the father of the family, Boo Radley lived there and he was crazy. Each summer the children would try to make him come out of the house or atleast get a little look at him. They never got this wish, but they still believed that he was in there, and alive. As the story continues, the children's father, Atticus, is appointed by the judge to represent a black man, Tom Robinson, in court. The people said that Robinson raped a girl named, Mayella. Her father said that he saw Robinson do it, but with Mayella and her father testifying they came out with differnet sides of the story. The book To Kill A Mockingbird, I think, is a very good book. It tells about racism, how hurtful people can be, how loving others can be, and how no matter what someone says or does to you, that you can never stop believing in what you think is right just because someone else tells you to. I think that everyone should read this book because it really makes you think about what is important in life.
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