To kill a mockingbird

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This is such an amazing story and very well written. I also really enjoyed the movie. I'd say this book accurately portrays a part of our U.S. history. I really enjoyed how the story is told through the eyes of a little girl, too. The characters are well thought out and portrayed.
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Harper Lee did a wonderful job dealing with racial and ethical issues. Atticus should be an inspiration to all.
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I've actually never read this book. How does everyone feel about the novel?
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Loved this book in school and I actually wrote my senior paper about it.
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I loved To Kill a Mockingbird. I feel like it is a great story, with well developed characters and an interesting plot. I also believe it lets us get an idea of how segregation was like from both races, the blacks and the whites.it does have sad moments though.
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This is one of my wife's favorite books.
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I read this when I was waaay to young to understand fully. I just knew that Boo Radley was my favorite character. I'm gonna reread it sometime this year!
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Is this really good? I mean i have that this is one the best classics. But everytime i read it I am not able to connect to it. I have tried reading it several times but just couldn't continue after reading few pages.
Why is it so?
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AMP76 wrote: 16 Mar 2014, 14:04 Classified as classic literature, I wonder if at this time in our society, the youth would even understand this piece except as a history lesson. Mockingbird is a coming of age book, and exemplifies individual thought formation and consequences of moral action. However, since the Civil Rights Act, many instances of prejudice and racism have been diminished, hence the history lesson for today’s youth.
I'm sorry, but that's saying the elderly who enjoy reading wouldn't be able to understand modern books. They'll see it as "trends" this generation does instead of actually "understanding" the book. Of course youth today would understand "To Kill a Mockingbird." Even though the Civil Rights Act was passed, it doesn't mean discrimination has gone away. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not a history lesson. It's an eye opener of how truly wrong our society is.
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I have read this book and it is truly something that stayed close to my heart. I just wish that books like this gets assigned to those who would treasure it.
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akankssha23 wrote: 19 Feb 2014, 05:34 I've only recently read the book...
I guess one of the factors to have contributed to its success is how the writer has actually imagined the child's perspective and written about it in a manner that makes it lucid for the reader as well... a child doesn't know skin color or literacy level .. it only knows what is taught to him/her..
we take the world as it is for granted, not knowing the difficult lives that were led by the colored people back then; an eye opener for me at least!
I totally agree with your analysis concerning the writer's decision to write from a child's perspective. As a kid going into this book blind, and not really knowing anything about race relations, I realize that some of the finer points escaped me, just like how some of Scott's observations came to her without context.
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To Kill A Mockingbird is perhaps my favorite book, and I make it a point to re-read it every couple years. I would call it a must-read for everyone. Go Set a Watchman was also a nice follow up.
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I love this book, such a mix of gentle homey anecdotes mixed up with the travesty of a trial and Boo Radley emerging from hiding.
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I have already written a lot about this book on these forums so I won't repeat myself except to say that I consider it The Great American Novel .... so they can stop waiting for it. It has already been written.
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I really need to read this book. For some reason my English teacher didn't have my class read it in highschool.
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