To Kill A Mockingbird
Book Review of: To Kill a Mockingbird
Genre: Fiction/Realism
First published in 1960 by William Heinemann Ltd. F
Plot
To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, in 1930's Alabama. Through their neighbourhood walk-abouts and the example of their father, they grow to understand that the world isn't always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems. The summer when Scout was six and Jem was ten, they met Dill, a little boy who spent the summer with his aunt who lived next door to the Finches. The children become obsessed with the idea of making Boo Radley come out of his home. They go through …show more content…
Scout Finch, who narrates in the first person, is nearly six years old when the novel opens. The story, however, is recalled by the adult Scout; this allows her first-person narrative to contain adult language and adult insights yet still keep the innocent outlook of a child. The adult perspective also adds a measure of remembrance to the tale, allowing for a deeper examination of …show more content…
In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the "mockingbird" represents the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley) can be identified as mockingbirds, innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. This connection between the novel's title and its main theme is made clear several times in the novel: At the end of the book Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like shooting a mockingbird. The most important time you hear the phrase is when Miss Maudie explains to Scout: "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but . . . sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This teaches us that we should not hurt innocent people, be it for their race, religion or hobbies. Innocents have done nothing wrong so why should they be hurt? I like the book personally because it had everything you would want in a good book. There was a good plot, some interesting characters and many striking conflicts. Of course there were parts of the book I did not like, but it doesn't take away from how well the book is written. It's a book worthy of the Classic' label it has been
Genre: Fiction/Realism
First published in 1960 by William Heinemann Ltd. F
Plot
To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, in 1930's Alabama. Through their neighbourhood walk-abouts and the example of their father, they grow to understand that the world isn't always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems. The summer when Scout was six and Jem was ten, they met Dill, a little boy who spent the summer with his aunt who lived next door to the Finches. The children become obsessed with the idea of making Boo Radley come out of his home. They go through …show more content…
Scout Finch, who narrates in the first person, is nearly six years old when the novel opens. The story, however, is recalled by the adult Scout; this allows her first-person narrative to contain adult language and adult insights yet still keep the innocent outlook of a child. The adult perspective also adds a measure of remembrance to the tale, allowing for a deeper examination of …show more content…
In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the "mockingbird" represents the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley) can be identified as mockingbirds, innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. This connection between the novel's title and its main theme is made clear several times in the novel: At the end of the book Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like shooting a mockingbird. The most important time you hear the phrase is when Miss Maudie explains to Scout: "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but . . . sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This teaches us that we should not hurt innocent people, be it for their race, religion or hobbies. Innocents have done nothing wrong so why should they be hurt? I like the book personally because it had everything you would want in a good book. There was a good plot, some interesting characters and many striking conflicts. Of course there were parts of the book I did not like, but it doesn't take away from how well the book is written. It's a book worthy of the Classic' label it has been