Go Set A Watchman By Harper Lee

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is an inspiring and amazing book. When you are reading the book, it is very easy to imagine what is happening. But, when you watch the movie, it is a little bit sad. It is emotionally sad, making you upset, not because of what is happening, but because it is so different. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” is better than the movie, because the order is different, and the book included more characters and details.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a multi-faceted novel which explores the principles and morals of people in the South during the 1930s. Mockingbirds are symbolic of the people that society abuse. Lee narrates the events of the novel using Scout’s voice and uses this technique to add emotional context and develop themes. Themes of racial and classist prejudice are developed by Lee to challenge the reader. These techniques are all powerful ways to alter the views of the reader.

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird is successful in delivering the story in a manner that captivates the audience. The story began by setting the scene, mood and also by introducing each character, which familiarized the reader with the environment. The author wrote the story in a manner that flowed with real life events of a time relative to the story, such as the segregation, racism and any financial struggles. It also did well to give each character a realistic mindset and reactions based on each person’s respective characterization. In a similar way, the story was written from the perspective of Scout, and the story was effectively narrated with the innocence and a lesser knowledge coming from someone of her age. Additionally, the story did a particularly good job at introducing details that were important to the story as it progressed so there were no surprises based on a sudden law change, for example. This aided in building the story to its climax, and other peaks of action. Each element to the story worked in sync to maneuver easily through the plot in a well thought out and executed story.

Scout, Atticus’ daughter is innocent and is still questioning her own morals and the morals of Atticus.

To Kill A Mockingbird is a highly successful, awe inspiring novel written by Harper Lee. It guides the reader through the complex structures of the small town mentality in 1930’s America, which is all written through the mainly objective perspective of a young girl named Scout. The major draw factor of this novel is the eloquent yet sometimes brutally upfront way in which it portrays not only racism, but the theme of appearances versus reality too. The choices Harper Lee made in terms of setting, character choice, and language technique cleverly influenced my reactions to the latter theme.

When Atticus tries to be polite to her she yells at him and has a fit. Mabey she thought he was making fun of her but she didn’t have to retaliate and be so rude. “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep on mocking me,” she said. “ma’am?” asked Atticus, startled. “long as you keep on making fun of me.” (lee 243). She needs to learn how to react properly instead of just exploding especially in a court room in front of the whole town. Just because she was hurt does not give her the right to be rude to people especially if they are trying to help

The true message behind her saying all this is for Lee to showcase the blindness and ignorance of society. In addition, Atticus will no longer have the authority to lecture Jem and Scout because it is not fair of him to maintain power and status. A second reason is that he is a lawyer who values integrity and taking risks when it is for the greater virtue of humanity. Miss Maudie, one of the Finch family’s neighbours, comforts the kids after Atticus loses his trial, “Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that.” (216).

We live in a society where African Americans used to be treated with no respect. What if you had to experience the same things that they dealt with? They faced racial discrimination and injustice in court. Mostly in the Jim Crow South, certain groups of white people during this time made it impossible for African Americans to receive justice. Even if they were innocent, blacks could be brutally punished and were subjugated by violence. In court whites would generally win even if they did not have any strong evidence to support their arguments. Especially in the south, during the 1930s, African Americans had little value and basically no legal status in society. They were meant to be treated like animals and, generally, many people believed that whites were always superior to blacks.

To kill a mockingbird book is a story you should never read. It takes a long time to get to the middle, the climax of the story. It also has unnecessary characters that should have been in the story only at the beginning or not in the book at all. Lastly, it tells the unnecessary characters story than telling us more about what happened to Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, Jem, and Scout relationship and also about how blacks and whites are not treated equally.

To Kill a Mockingbird has been challenged for many years. The people who say it should be banned think it’s racist towards African-Americans. They don’t really understand the book in my opinion. This novel is about denouncing racism and prejudice. This book is also for more experienced readers such as high schoolers. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches some good lessons, such as standing up for what you believe in, and showing true bravery when you start something and you knew you weren’t going to

To Kill a Mockingbird is a banned book. It has been banned for using derogatory words and phrases to describe people of color. In class, we read it and it was amazing. Harper Lee is a prodigious writer and this book is one of the best books I have read so far. I love the story and the plot so much, there is both suspense and action in the story.

I always questioned the hype about To Kill a Mockingbird, I knew it was a book I would have to pick up eventually. And to my surprise, it was an outstanding novel, Harper Lee had an amazing way with words. It amazed me how I could easily enjoy the book, even when it wasn’t the genre I would approach at a book store. Even if I enjoyed the book, I didn’t really think that way in the beginning.

We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking- Joes Osteen. While many opportunities arise in life for many different individuals of very different backgrounds, people rarely accept their shovel to dig out of their hole. In Harper Lee’s novel to Kill a Mockingbird Bob Ewell is given many chances to pull himself and his family out of their elected squalor; however, being set in his ways he never took a leap into the above. Bob Ewell had many chances to rise out of social inequality and to free his family from their political bondage, although, he never took the chances to heart.

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee is the eye-opening and long awaited sequel to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In the sequel, we see Jean Louise Finch, a 26-year-old writer, visiting her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. Her annual visits home include catching up with her father Atticus, Uncle Jack, her friend Henry, the people of the town and the memories it contains. Ever since she moved to New York, her relationship with Maycomb has been the same in her mind, but things are changing. Her hometown and its people are beginning to adjust to the new ways of the world around them, including increased segregation. Now Jean Louise, or Scout, must come to terms with these changes she never imagined would happen, including her father. Go Set a Watchman contains many strengths and weaknesses that affect the overall presentation of the book. The strengths make the book what it is and is very important to the way we perceive it, while the weaknesses take away from the flow and understanding of the book.

In the end, my opinion on this book is that it shows the different phases of life someone goes through, which can be maturity, bullying, and change. The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird slowly mature throughout the events they are faced with. For example, Scout and Jem must mature because of the circumstances the trial has thrown at them. Atticus told them knowingly that there are going to be people who view them differently because of what they heard and told others about. However, the two kids understood and respected their father not to fight back about what others were saying about them, even though sometimes they had the urge to do so. Next, towards the Robinson family, Tom’s wife Helen has been under a lot of stress and misery after