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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
I had been feeling for a while now that it was kind of ridiculous that I hadn't read To Kill a Mockingbird since high school, for a class assignment, and that I could hardly remember the story. So, I bought myself a copy and finally got around to re-reading it this week.
I probably don't need to go into much detail here as I imagine most people have already read it at least once. It takes place in Alabama in the 1930s and addresses issues of human rights as seen through the eyes of an elementary- ...more
I probably don't need to go into much detail here as I imagine most people have already read it at least once. It takes place in Alabama in the 1930s and addresses issues of human rights as seen through the eyes of an elementary- ...more
Currently third reread.
I you have not read this since high school, I highly recommend picking up this book again. This book is truly brilliant. Not surprised it won a Pulitzer Prize but am surprised that this is Harper Lee's only published book. I am most taken with what a great father Atticus Finch was, how the story is so well told from Scout's perspective, and of course, the fascinating character that is Boo Radley.
Notes for myself:
Atticus to Scout p. 33:
"You never really understand a person ...more
I you have not read this since high school, I highly recommend picking up this book again. This book is truly brilliant. Not surprised it won a Pulitzer Prize but am surprised that this is Harper Lee's only published book. I am most taken with what a great father Atticus Finch was, how the story is so well told from Scout's perspective, and of course, the fascinating character that is Boo Radley.
Notes for myself:
Atticus to Scout p. 33:
"You never really understand a person ...more
I re-read this for the first time since like, high school maybe? For obvious reasons.
I know this is a total childhood favorite for many people--it's not for me? I enjoyed it when I read it as a youth but it didn't imprint on me the way some other plucky heroines did. (eg Anne of Green Gables.)
So, in anticipation of Watchman, I've noticed a lot of (white) people re-reading it and realizing that maybe it isn't the perfectly anti-racist book they remembered it being? Here's my hot take on that: a ...more
I know this is a total childhood favorite for many people--it's not for me? I enjoyed it when I read it as a youth but it didn't imprint on me the way some other plucky heroines did. (eg Anne of Green Gables.)
So, in anticipation of Watchman, I've noticed a lot of (white) people re-reading it and realizing that maybe it isn't the perfectly anti-racist book they remembered it being? Here's my hot take on that: a ...more
Jul 15, 2015
Melle
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Reread this before I tackle Go Set a Watchman. I love a lot about this book, but, even with as much as I love it, there are still some things that are problematic, including a racist reference to American Indians and the white savior complex inherent in books by white people about race relations. The book is a product of its author, a product of its time, and there is a lot of good in it, including and especially the rich cast of main characters and the parent-child relationships between Atticus
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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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Mar 10, 2015
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