Go Set a Watchman
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Is this book proper enough to publish considering the current perspective of equal rights?
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Feb 14, 2022 03:12PM
Am I the only one who thinks Lee is somewhat racist? My theory is that she lived in a small town, so her dynasty was more educated compared to others. Scout grew up thinking her father was an activist. Yet, she grew up and went to NY, encountering a more diverse crowd. Only this time, she was the uneducated and ignorant one. Lee must hate that idea enough to get back. She was all angry, maybe felt lied to. Lee reflected her anger to people in her neighborhood, although nothing changed positively. Scout created drama and more problems. She only brags about her being so ethical and looks down on people. I don't trust her truth since she hasn't mentioned her mentally ill mother, either. Her point of view was protective of herself. The readers didn't see her doing anything wrong. I would appreciate her if she wrote about the ideology in the 60s and how misleading society can be. The book was fucking published in 2015. She could add to it from a current perspective in the following years. Everybody seems to love this book, and I'm disappointed in those people.
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This was what's concerned me in the first place. Some nuances made me uncomfortable. She argued with her family about how racist they were, yet she said she wouldn't marry a black man, of course. Almost like, yes I am a social justice fighter but not crazy. Funny how she rejected marrying someone because they are racist. I was disturbed by the lack of details in her discussions with Calpurnia. Why was she so mad after she visited her on her way back from NY? She never mentioned if she might break her heart. She said Calpurnia might secretly hate them in the first place. Scout is never wrong, she is always innocent. This is unrealistic to me. She was raised around racist people. How can she be ethical 100%? Thank you for your input, but I can't help myself thinking that she is kinda racist.
Well it shows autobiographical imprints, it is hard to argue that her beliefs are strongly against to scouts.
Caroline wrote: "What is interesting and less talked about is the fact that Go Set a Watchman is really an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. There are many paragraphs that are the same. Harper Lee actually wrot..."Why does that change the anything about the book? This is who she truly was before someone changed it for her in the past?
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