To Kill a Mockingbird is a riveting novel told from the perspective of a young girl. She watches events unfold as her father chooses to defend a black man wrongly accused of rape in the south in the 30's. I loved the ideals of this family and how the father had to protect his children, but also choose the right path in properly defending the man because he knew he could not face his children in the end if he did not do the right thing. I thought as I read the book that it seemed such an interesting dilemma because I live in a world where I hope this kind of thing does not happen. I know racism still exists but in this book it was so much more blatant. I love these kind of wake up calls that can send people back to the past and remind everyone where we once were as a society.
Reading this book I loved how real it was. The situations do not end like you would expect, instead it shows what would most likely happen in this world not just to the reader, but to the narrator and her older brother. They had expectations and in their minds the world should be one way, but then it changed and they found that the world is not fair and that sometimes you just have to play the game. I think those are very hard lessons to learn and we all go through that at some point, but the author is very good at showing them and the reactions of the kids involved.
Overall this is a wonderful story about growing pains in life, particularly through a very difficult time period and a difficult event for these young kids.
Anyways I highly recommend this book as it brings everyone who reads it into a different world and leaves the reader hoping to be a better person.
Yours Truly,
KP
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