To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: Innocent, touching, looks deep into human nature.
Review: The book is told from the point of view of an eight-year-old child who doesn't realize much about her society. It takes us into a world where discrimination is an everyday thing, and people are helpless to stop it. It's powerful in the way that the view is unbiased; the young girl telling the story is unaffected by the racism that controls most of the adults. The book really reflects upon the problems in our own neighborhoods that we neglect all the time. It's so commonplace that only when we see the story through the eyes of someone who is still innocent that we truly realize what society has become. It's a strong book that will leave a massive impact on the way we see our world.

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Summary: The back of the book is right!
Review: You know how on the back of books it always says how great the book is? No matter how good the book really is? Well, with To Kill A Mockingbird, there's hardly room for debate over the fact that the back tells the truth. The classic is still moving and riveting after all the years. The story of how a young child stood strong true to her morals through racism, critisicm, and cruelty is, however seemingly dated some of the material may be, still a darn good read and the ultimate page-turner (and quite a tear jerker). I just couldn't put it down! A definite must read for EVERYONE!

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Summary: 2 children find out about their father and strange neighbor.
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a book about two children - Jem and Scout Finch. They are very interested in their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. Their father, Atticus, is a lawyer and is defending an African American man who is falsley accused of raping a girl. As the childrens' lives progress, they find out more about their neighbor, their father and about themselves.

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Summary: This book is prtty darn good! (The classic lives on!!!)
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird is the story of two siblings growing up in a small southern town in the 1930's. As Ms. Maudie (an adult friend of Jem and Scout, the narrator and her brother) says, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird - they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us...." In my mind, this is pretty much the recurring theme in this book - the two main plots are about a black main on trial for rape; and a reclusive neighbor of Jem and Scout who has many vicious rumours circulating about him. I think that this book is fantastic - one of the best I've ever read. It's a really moving story, with a sweet ending - you should definitely read it and see for yourself!!!

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: This book is really great. It was a class assignmentso it really wasn't my choice to read it, but once I did I always would read ahead because it's so hard to put down. I really liked the point of view it is written from, a little innocent girl that can understand things. One of the major themes that I hope you see if you decide to read this book or have read it is loneliness. It's really something to ponder about so if you missed that theme, think about it!

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Summary: A girls early life through her eyes.
Review: This book was exellent! I loved how the story started off with a few sub-plotes, and brought them all together to form an extraordinary, touching story that many people can relate to. I feel this story is also great becuase of the many lessons it teaches. I won't name them though, you can read it for yourself. The characters where great. I felt each one of them were interesting and unique in their own way. They all had something happen to them that showed courage, cowardliness, curiosity, wisdom, dishonesty, loyalty, awkwardness, and tenderness. Every character would appear a certain way at the beggining of the book, and as the end of the book approached, a new view of the character would be obtained. One that was never expected.

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Summary: A very enjoyable book
Review: The book was very enjoyable to read and I don't say that for many books. The book was very funny and comical yet sad and seriuos at the same time.The book is in a very new and interesting format.It is in the retrospect of a woman's childhood and everything that happens that leads up to one insignificant happening.Lastly I must say that this book is truly magnifisant and I suggest it to all to read.

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Summary: Classic
Review: This popular book justly deserves the high praise it receives from critics and readers. In short, it is the last great novel. There hasn't been a truly great one since in my humble opinion. Too often nowadays writers write with an eye towards turning the thing into a movie. And while a great film was made of this, the novel stands squarely on its own as an important American masterpiece. I like the fact that Harper Lee only wrote one novel. What else could she do after this?

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Summary: this book would be enjoyed by all teens
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading To Kill a Mockingbird. It was a great story and i would recommend it to anyone intersested in reading a fast paced,sometimes funny and definitely an unraveling mystery. Reading a bout the way the children thought and reacted brought back memories of a time when i was their age, and I was extremely afraid of ab old man that used to live in my neighborhood because of my wild imagination. After reading this stoy, I accepted Atticus' advise that "you never know a man untill you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." I would recommend this book to be read by anyone in their early tens but, I'm sure this story could be enjoyed by people of all ages. Jem and Scout lived with dad, Atticus and Calpurnia, the housekeeper. They meet Charles Baker Harris or Dill, which is his nickname, when he comes to visit his aunt Rachel for the summer. the kids keep themselves busy finding numerous ways of getting into trouble. They spy on Mr. radley, who reacts by trying to shoot them. Curious to what Atticus does all day, they peek in the courthouse until Atticus sends them home, and they're always late getting home, and Scout tends to insist on using unlady-like language. Summer ends, and Dills returns home to Meridian. Jem anxiouly rretuns back to school and Scout begins first grade. Scout meets many new children and starts troulbe with many boys. Scout especially doesnt get along with Walter Cunningham. Walter is from a poor family and Scout quickly learns many life skills from her teacher and her new school environment. Atticus believes taht everyone should be treated equally and agrees to represent Mr. Robinson, a black middle-class citizen who is accused of raping Mr. Ewell's daughter. Mr. Ewell's family is a poor white family from the same community. The story leads you to believe that Mr. Ewell's family invents the entire rape situation to gain a higher status in the community and to ruin the Robinson family reputation. The trial draws much attention to Atticus and his family, and the community because it was unusual case. Many folks shared their opinions about the trial making life complicated for Jem and especially Scout. Atticus patiently explains his morals and beliefs to his children to help them try to understand society. Mr. Robinson is convicted if rape and is sent to jail. While trying to escape he is violently shot and killed Mr.Robinson. i didn't except this to happen, and I was shocked and sad. Jem and Scout are attacked while walking home one night from a play. The book leads you to believe that it was Mr. Ewell who drunkenly attacks them and breaks Jem's albow. Mr. Ewell is later found dead of a stab wound. The story laeds you to believe that Mr. Ewell could have been killed by a vendictive suspect, but Atticus explains to the children that Mr. Ewell accidentally fell on his knife leaving me to wonder what might of have really happened in that community on the night of Mr Ewells death.

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Summary: Could read it an infinite number of times!
Review: I read To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This classic book is about a little Southern girl Scout and her experiences growing up in the 1930's. It begins with a set up of things to come,such as Scout's experiences and the people she observes. Her guardians, her quiet, lovable lawyer father Atticus, and her Negro cook Cal help Scout and her tough,yet caring brother Jem through these experiences in Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout, Jem and their curious friend Dill make up plays about their reclusive and mysterious next door neighbor Arthur "Boo" Radley. He is the cause of scare and mystery and their lives. This sets up the ending, as does the racism of the town, shown by the neighborhood gossip, the piggish lazy Mr. Ewell, Scout's strict Aunt and the tyrant down the street Old Mrs. Dubose. The children learn many things about the town in which they live from their neighbor, sweet, tough Miss Maudie. One thing they learn is that they should never kill a mockingbird because those birds are just there to make people happy and they never do anything wrong at all. In the second half the children learn more about their father's trial defending a Negro being tried for rape. This man Tom Robinson is going against the lowlife Mr. Ewell who says Tom raped his daughter. The citizens are against Tom for the most part except for a handful. In the courtroom Atticus makes his case so strong that Scout, Jem, and Dill(who are watching)think that he cannot lose. However it is a white man's word against a black man's... The rest you have to read for yourself because from the trial it grows into such an exciting climax, and ends so meaningfully, pretaining to why you should never kill a mockingbird. Definitely think about this quote reading the book, it helps your understanding a lot. I found I couldn't put it down. The beginning goes slow but it forshadows things to come. You think how unfair and unpleasant life can be sometimes and these children learn this at a very young age. It made me want to change thingsso it couldn't happen anymore, and it made me very angry at such unfairness, such as in the lives of African-Americans, like the innocent Tom Robinson. The ending was so perfectly lead to and meaningful that I had to go back and read it again(and again)! I recommend the book for people 14 and up because I feel you should be old and smart enough to grasp the conflicts and the complex plot. However this book is timeless and everyone above 14 should read it at least once in a lifetime. This can teach you about life and growing up better than anything you will ever read so pick it up...soon.