Darren's comments (member since Nov 20, 2008)

Darren's comments from the Roane State Community College Libraries group.

This may seem boring and certainly common, but mine would be To Kill a Mockingbird. There's such a voice there -- innocent enough to see what we older folks are sometimes too jaded to see, even though it's right in front of us. The themes of prejudice -- whether based on education, class, race, gender, mental disorders -- call out to me in a slick way that sometimes reminds me of a valuable lesson: A little empathy can go a long way in life. The challenge, I suppose, is to keep that naivete alive, at least a little. I never really want to lose the part of me that feels what Scout feels.