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To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Ask what this enduring novel is about and most will respond that its subject is racial prejudice.  That, however, is only partially accurate. The book explores the themes of courage, innocence and human decency just as much as it deals with bigotry, while affording us a panoramic view of small town life in the American South during the turbulent world scene in the early 1940s.

Through the eyes of the precocious young narrator, Scout Finch, we are amused by her neighbors’ foibles, touched by their occasional tenderness and outraged by their small-mindedness.

From the range of characters symbolized by the mockingbird to those who represent birds of prey, we encounter two diametrically opposed personality types — the givers and the takers in our world. When we despair, along with Scout and her brother Jem, over the abuse of the former by the latter, their wise father, Atticus, who has had his share of run-ins with unsavory characters, reminds us to keep our faith in the inherent goodness of the human race.

To Kill a Mockingbird can be borrowed from OpenLibrary. org (a free account must be opened)

(Please note this book contains some objectionable language and mature content.)

Contributed by Beverly Singer

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