Friday, May 23, 2014

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee gives the first person account of the trial of Tom Robinson from the view of Jean Louise Finch, or Scout as she likes to be called. It is about the trial of Tom Robinson, the adventures of Scout, Dill, and Jem and the mysterious Boo Radley. The story shows Scout as she progressively matures in her mind and learns the lesson that she should not judge others until she knows their actions through their perspective.

The story is about the events that take place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the trial of Tom Robinson, an African American man who is charged with raping Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell, who is the stories main antagonist. As the story progresses, the reader learns more and more information about what truly happened between Tom and Mayella through information that Scout is given.  The reader learns about what truly happened on the night that Tom was reported, and after the truth is out Bob Ewell wants revenge and will stop at nothing until he has gotten it.


Because this book is so full of information and secrets to be read, I cannot give as much information as would be preferred. But I can say this: this book is rated even more than a 10/10. If I could rate it higher, I would. This book may very well be the greatest book I have ever read in my life and it truly changed my way of thinking about certain things after reading it. I give it this rating because of how incredibly amazing the book itself is and because of all of the secrets and new adventures around every corner in the book. This is truly a book everyone should read, and definitely a book that I will read again someday.


Book Review by Sam B.

2 comments:

  1. There's isn't a adult that doesn't recommend reading this book and I think I would enjoy reading it. I really like the perspective of the book as someone a bystander digging the mystery to find if Tom Robison is innocent. There's a moral to be learn and that is how people are prejudice to someone based on their skin color. The trial in the book is similar to another trial "Plessy v. Ferguson" because they're both about racial discrimination and the unfair justice that African-American had in court and everyday life. I want to read this book in the near future for sure.

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  2. To start off at my old school when are you going to do before Parkcenter I was going to read the book this book in that class but we ended up moving the school that I attended to before Parkcenter was Arvin high school in Bakersfield. I think this book looks very interesting but as they say"Don't judge a book by its cover" I decided to read a little about it and it turns out that it is very interesting and I look forward to reading it sometime when I get the chance to. I have always like to read books and when it's interesting that book always gets stuck to me so I always remember it and I like history books such as in they talk about slavery or racism ect. Overall I'm looking forward to reading this book it seems very interesting after only reading a little part of it so I can't wait to read the whole book to get my mind blown.These are the reasons why I choose to want to read this book and I actually checked it out so now I can start reading it.

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