#1: CLASSICS - To Kill a Mockingbird

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Once you finish reading the book, here is the thread where you can post your thoughts, opinions, etc. about it.

Watch out for my updates on this thread, because I am going to be posting a few specific discussion questions.

Thanks!

HAPPY READING!

Peachy

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Hi Book Crazy!

I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird moments ago (I read it for the first time, thanks to your votes!) so the next post will be the promised set of discussion questions (along with recommended references to the novel). Sorry it took so long. I hope you all can participate. I will be attempting to reply to all your posts so I will share my thoughts then. You will get a hint from the references though! :D

P.S. Don't let the questions I posted limit your posts! Be creative. I want to hear what you think.

HAPPY POSTING!

Peachy

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
1. What is your interpretation of the title? How does it apply to the themes/characters/events in the novel?
2. Pick a character you like and explain why.
3. Pick a character you dislike and explain why.
4. I imagine Atticus Finch is one of the most likable characters in the novel. So play the devil’s advocate and search for his shortcomings. What are some of his flaws?
5. Mr. Dolphus Raymond is one of the most eccentric literary characters I’ve come across. Do you also think so? Why? Why do you think he acts the way he does?

Recommended references in the novel for the questions above:
1. Chapter 10:
“Shoot all the bluejays you wants, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. […] You’re father’s right […] Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Chapter 25:
“Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children.”
Chapter 30: When Atticus tells Scout that Mr. Ewell “fell on his knife” and asks whether Scout understands, she answers (referring to what will happen if the people of Maycomb County discovers Boo Radley’s involvement in what happened):
“Well it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”
5. Chapter 20:
“[…] if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does. […] It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks […] you see, they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.”
“I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself.”

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BTW, here's my short review of To Kill a Mockingbird, if you're interested: https://booksandfilmmania.wordpress.c...