To Kill a Mockingbird
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1949 Reviews for To Kill a Mockingbird
- This book starts off slow, but gets exciting at the end.
- Harper Lee did pretty well with the book To Kill a Mockingbird. At first, he started slow, introducing characters and telling stories about their past. When he got going, however, the book got very interesting. There was a trial involving a black man with one of the main characters as his lawyer. Of course, it was not a good thing at this time for a white man to be defending a black man in a trial. The trial becomes very exciting and brought the book to a great ending. As for the title, Atticus, the person who defended the man in the trial, told his children that you shouldn't kill a mockingbird because all they do is sing and provide entertainment for people. This quote tied in to the trial very well and made the book very effective. In conclusion, I do not reccomend this book for anybody under the age of fourteen.
- 1999-03-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A good book that teaches about things like racism
- The book "To Kill A Mockingbird" was mainly about two kids named Jem and Scout. It's about the adventures that they have and what they went through. Their father was a lawyer. Peope in Jem and Scout's town accused a black man named Mr.Ewell of raping a little white girl. Jem and Scout don't think that he did it but the people in the town did. Their father defended Mr.Ewell. This book teaches about how some people can be so prejudice against inncocent people just because of their race. If you want to know the conclusion to Mr.Ewells case, then i suggest that you read "To Kill A Mockingbird"...you won't be upset!
- 1999-03-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Classic
- This popular book justly deserves the high praise it receives from critics and readers. In short, it is the last great novel. There hasn't been a truly great one since in my humble opinion. Too often nowadays writers write with an eye towards turning the thing into a movie. And while a great film was made of this, the novel stands squarely on its own as an important American masterpiece. I like the fact that Harper Lee only wrote one novel. What else could she do after this?
- 1999-03-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- this book would be enjoyed by all teens
- I thoroughly enjoyed reading To Kill a Mockingbird. It was a great story and i would recommend it to anyone intersested in reading a fast paced,sometimes funny and definitely an unraveling mystery. Reading a bout the way the children thought and reacted brought back memories of a time when i was their age, and I was extremely afraid of ab old man that used to live in my neighborhood because of my wild imagination. After reading this stoy, I accepted Atticus' advise that "you never know a man untill you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." I would recommend this book to be read by anyone in their early tens but, I'm sure this story could be enjoyed by people of all ages. Jem and Scout lived with dad, Atticus and Calpurnia, the housekeeper. They meet Charles Baker Harris or Dill, which is his nickname, when he comes to visit his aunt Rachel for the summer. the kids keep themselves busy finding numerous ways of getting into trouble. They spy on Mr. radley, who reacts by trying to shoot them. Curious to what Atticus does all day, they peek in the courthouse until Atticus sends them home, and they're always late getting home, and Scout tends to insist on using unlady-like language. Summer ends, and Dills returns home to Meridian. Jem anxiouly rretuns back to school and Scout begins first grade. Scout meets many new children and starts troulbe with many boys. Scout especially doesnt get along with Walter Cunningham. Walter is from a poor family and Scout quickly learns many life skills from her teacher and her new school environment. Atticus believes taht everyone should be treated equally and agrees to represent Mr. Robinson, a black middle-class citizen who is accused of raping Mr. Ewell's daughter. Mr. Ewell's family is a poor white family from the same community. The story leads you to believe that Mr. Ewell's family invents the entire rape situation to gain a higher status in the community and to ruin the Robinson family reputation. The trial draws much attention to Atticus and his family, and the community because it was unusual case. Many folks shared their opinions about the trial making life complicated for Jem and especially Scout. Atticus patiently explains his morals and beliefs to his children to help them try to understand society. Mr. Robinson is convicted if rape and is sent to jail. While trying to escape he is violently shot and killed Mr.Robinson. i didn't except this to happen, and I was shocked and sad. Jem and Scout are attacked while walking home one night from a play. The book leads you to believe that it was Mr. Ewell who drunkenly attacks them and breaks Jem's albow. Mr. Ewell is later found dead of a stab wound. The story laeds you to believe that Mr. Ewell could have been killed by a vendictive suspect, but Atticus explains to the children that Mr. Ewell accidentally fell on his knife leaving me to wonder what might of have really happened in that community on the night of Mr Ewells death.
- 1999-03-01, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Could read it an infinite number of times!
- I read To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This classic book is about a little Southern girl Scout and her experiences growing up in the 1930's. It begins with a set up of things to come,such as Scout's experiences and the people she observes. Her guardians, her quiet, lovable lawyer father Atticus, and her Negro cook Cal help Scout and her tough,yet caring brother Jem through these experiences in Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout, Jem and their curious friend Dill make up plays about their reclusive and mysterious next door neighbor Arthur "Boo" Radley. He is the cause of scare and mystery and their lives. This sets up the ending, as does the racism of the town, shown by the neighborhood gossip, the piggish lazy Mr. Ewell, Scout's strict Aunt and the tyrant down the street Old Mrs. Dubose. The children learn many things about the town in which they live from their neighbor, sweet, tough Miss Maudie. One thing they learn is that they should never kill a mockingbird because those birds are just there to make people happy and they never do anything wrong at all. In the second half the children learn more about their father's trial defending a Negro being tried for rape. This man Tom Robinson is going against the lowlife Mr. Ewell who says Tom raped his daughter. The citizens are against Tom for the most part except for a handful. In the courtroom Atticus makes his case so strong that Scout, Jem, and Dill(who are watching)think that he cannot lose. However it is a white man's word against a black man's... The rest you have to read for yourself because from the trial it grows into such an exciting climax, and ends so meaningfully, pretaining to why you should never kill a mockingbird. Definitely think about this quote reading the book, it helps your understanding a lot. I found I couldn't put it down. The beginning goes slow but it forshadows things to come. You think how unfair and unpleasant life can be sometimes and these children learn this at a very young age. It made me want to change thingsso it couldn't happen anymore, and it made me very angry at such unfairness, such as in the lives of African-Americans, like the innocent Tom Robinson. The ending was so perfectly lead to and meaningful that I had to go back and read it again(and again)! I recommend the book for people 14 and up because I feel you should be old and smart enough to grasp the conflicts and the complex plot. However this book is timeless and everyone above 14 should read it at least once in a lifetime. This can teach you about life and growing up better than anything you will ever read so pick it up...soon.
- 1999-03-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
