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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Told from the point of view of a girl nicknamed Scout. As she grows from the age of 6 to 9. About the adventurers she gets up with her older brother Jem, and a neighborhood kid Dill that only visits in the summer. A mysterious neighbor she has never seen called Boo Radley and the court case her lawyer father takes on in defense of a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Scout sees the world through the lens of innocence, understanding far more than she should at her age yet not fully understanding some things. We get a snapshot of a small town in America in the early 1930s, and we follow Scout as she gets introduced to racism, school and sexism.
I understand why this has been required reading over the years in education. Harper Lee did a wonderful job giving genuine life into Scout and viewing the world through the lens of a child.
Scout sees the world through the lens of innocence, understanding far more than she should at her age yet not fully understanding some things. We get a snapshot of a small town in America in the early 1930s, and we follow Scout as she gets introduced to racism, school and sexism.
I understand why this has been required reading over the years in education. Harper Lee did a wonderful job giving genuine life into Scout and viewing the world through the lens of a child.