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Amazing. Can't believe teacher read it aloud to us in sixth grade though--totally went over my head and bored me then as much as it engrossed me several days ago.
In general, I wish teachers and other folks who mean well would wait to unleash the classics on us until adulthood--or at least college. And be selective about those that they introduce in high school. ...more
In general, I wish teachers and other folks who mean well would wait to unleash the classics on us until adulthood--or at least college. And be selective about those that they introduce in high school. ...more
A young girl, Scout, relates impressions of her lawyer father, Atticus Finch, when he defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. Issues of race, violence, adolescence, love and injustice are all addressed. This is a personal favorite of mine...probably in my top ten of fiction books to read. The movie version with Gregory Peck is one of the finest adaptations of a book to a film that I know of. I love the interaction with Boo Radley and my favorite scene in both the bo
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This is one that I read in school a long, long time ago and didn't really remember. I didn't enjoy many school books, so I'm trying to reread classics like this one. It is amazing - made me laugh and cry and want to read it again right after I finished it. A friend asked me why I didn't just watch the movie. Seriously? Nothing could be better than the book.
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The story of race relations and prejudices in the south. A lawyer tries to teach his children tolerance for all people while the town wants to lynch a black man accused of raping a white woman.
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