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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
To Kill a Mocking Bird
"Remember, it's sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time Atticus ever said that it was sin to do something. Mockingbirds do nothing but make music for us; that's why it's sin to kill a mockingbird.
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Ms. Harper Lee is an amazing tale of innocence, childhood and growing up. It starts with Scout Finch, who narrates this particular phase in the life of the Finches, when Jem and herself were young. They did not have a mother and their house was run by their cook Calpurnia. Their father was a lawyer and he preferred reading to football - this was a matter of much concern among the young male Finches of the house. Though he was loved, Atticus could have done much better if he was like other dads - he was old, nearly fifty and no fun at all. Living in that old (literally) neighborhood of Maycomb County, the world of these two kids changes in the throes of this particular case that their dad takes up. That's when Scout and Jem, together with their summertime playmate Dill and his wild plans of making Boo Radley come out of his house, learn a lesson in friendship, integrity and life.
Atticus Finch got that particular case only because there was no other lawyer who could have let that case last that long in the court. Mayella Ewell had been allegedly raped by Tom Robinson, a crippled negro. Ewells were the lowest of the low white people in the county who had no money education or breeding. Yet as the book said. " Tom Robinson was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." It was word of a white woman against a black man. It was a case of long standing prejudice and broken man-made laws against what really happened. It was a case where an example had to be set and the guilty punished. And Atticus was Tom's lawyer in court - when in the secret court of men's heart, Atticus had no case.
Two worlds under the same roof, where childhood meets maturity and understands life. A masterpiece. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Ms. Harper Lee is a gift to American Literature.
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Ms. Harper Lee is an amazing tale of innocence, childhood and growing up. It starts with Scout Finch, who narrates this particular phase in the life of the Finches, when Jem and herself were young. They did not have a mother and their house was run by their cook Calpurnia. Their father was a lawyer and he preferred reading to football - this was a matter of much concern among the young male Finches of the house. Though he was loved, Atticus could have done much better if he was like other dads - he was old, nearly fifty and no fun at all. Living in that old (literally) neighborhood of Maycomb County, the world of these two kids changes in the throes of this particular case that their dad takes up. That's when Scout and Jem, together with their summertime playmate Dill and his wild plans of making Boo Radley come out of his house, learn a lesson in friendship, integrity and life.
Atticus Finch got that particular case only because there was no other lawyer who could have let that case last that long in the court. Mayella Ewell had been allegedly raped by Tom Robinson, a crippled negro. Ewells were the lowest of the low white people in the county who had no money education or breeding. Yet as the book said. " Tom Robinson was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." It was word of a white woman against a black man. It was a case of long standing prejudice and broken man-made laws against what really happened. It was a case where an example had to be set and the guilty punished. And Atticus was Tom's lawyer in court - when in the secret court of men's heart, Atticus had no case.
Two worlds under the same roof, where childhood meets maturity and understands life. A masterpiece. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Ms. Harper Lee is a gift to American Literature.
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