What Makes A Book Good

Comparing the book to the movie you can clearly tell what certain things are different. For example, Sydelle Pulaski worked for Mr. Westing in the movie but only talked over the intercom. This not only caused a lot of drama but more depth to the plot. Also, Crow didn’t go to jail but they did talk about most of the consequences of her going to jail. This made a little bit more serious and emotional instead of just letting it go.

To Kill A Mockingbird is an phenomenal book written by Harper Lee. The movie is strong but it didn`t get into as much detail as the novel. There were similarities and major differences as well, but the book was just better. The novel had the more detail, it is more dramatic, and everything that happened was not expected.

Good Literature is what it sounds like it’s good but nothing amazing. It is for example, the Hunger Games, where it is a fun and exciting read, but doesn’t spark a change or awakening. This distinction between good and great is vital to the gradual understanding of what makes the human mind tick. Good literature might be nice for a quick and easy read on the beach, but Great literature or nonfiction will change one’s view point and requires detail and focus to extract its full meaning.

While there may be some negative influences in To Kill a Mockingbird, for example: racial segregation, profanity, and ungrammatical speech the book still has it strong points of positive influences. Due to racial segregation in the book, people have led to believe that the way African Americans are portrayed in the book are nowhere similar to today’s segregation. This is shown whenever Tom Robison is talked about and how the women during the tea party held at Finch’s house react. They act scared of him as if he’s a vile disease when in reality, Tom Robison is a simple American. The only difference between him and everyone else is his skin color. While racial segregation may be different from back then, for the race, it is still an important part of our history. If textbooks are allowed to spout about how African Americans were treated, then why can a book not be allowed to do the

This book is very true to life even today. We all go about our day with our own preconceived notions on life. The saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is very true when it comes to this book. Many people feel that it has no use for us in today’s society. They feel that due to the racist language it should be banned. An example seen here in an Interview by Mary Dempsey and Muriel Saunders, “"To Kill a Mockingbird," written in 1960 by Harper Lee. High school administrators in Muskogee, Oklahoma, removed that same book from the school's required reading list for freshman because, they say, the novel includes racially derogatory language that could offend African-Americans.” (Dempsey, Saunders). Society wants to hide the fact that the past

The book is a good book because it makes you ask questions while you're reading it but what's happening and to get a better understanding on what's happening in the story. Like in my book the characters wonder if their dad is going to come home from the war and if he's alive or dead. This makes you question if he is really dead or alive

“Buy It, Ban It Burn It” Why? ¨To Kill a Mockingbird” is so intensely impacted with all sorts of emotion. With reading about all the horrors of the racism in this novel. Which makes readers aware of how horrible the world truly can be at times, then and now and to not repeat all the bad habits. Other people might not want to read this novel because it is to sad, but really it is filled with love. It might not seem like it but it truly is. If you saw how

To begin with, Harper Lee bases To Kill a Mockingbird on her own personal experiences of prejudice. “Set in a small Alabama town with characters drawn partly from her own experience, the story centered around the wrongful conviction of a black man for rape” (Funk, Wagnalls, 1). Basing a book on personal experience shows that even though a book is fictional, it can be based on everyday life. Lee shows the hardships that the Finch and Robinson families go through before and after the trial. The novel justifies what prejudice is like in everyday life not just in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Lessons learned from reading fiction can be very useful to use while approaching your issues. Fiction fills our beliefs and desires and teaches us things we have didn’t know. Evidence I can pull to help support my claim is that real world problems are no joke. These issues shouldn't be taken lightly. Fiction can teach you life lessons that you may or may not known. The school board needs to think this through. If the school board makes this decision on taking away fiction from school, today's society, in my opinion, will get mad. Today's society can tear people down easily. They can adapt to many different things at once if they wanted to. They can make things worse for people or make things good for people. Not only is this book about fictional issues, it’s also about real world problems and how fiction can relate to us, the readers. “Researchers found that people who read Literary fiction, led to better results in every subject. That same year, they found that people who read fiction had a higher brain activity than others who didn't.” Fiction, in my opinion, should be taken down, because of this

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird shows people what it is like to be a good person who cares for others, and knows the difference between right and wrong. It makes people think about how race is nothing but a color, religion, or even gender and that it should not define them. It also makes people think about how evil can be overcome if you rise above it with their head held high. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book that shows Jem and Scout growing up and becoming tolerable, empathetic, and courageous

The novel “[Deals] with pathetic loneliness, an accusation of rape, the strangely sexual content of bigotry, a complete failure of justice” (Gerson 2). These are mature topics that can make many uncomfortable. Additionally, teachers say they, “can teach the same lesson with other books,”(Nelson 1). Therefore, they believe if other materials can be used to convey the same learnings without making kids uncomfortable the other materials should be used. However, To Kill A Mockingbird confronts us with our history that can not be changed, and although the novel may make some kids uncomfortable that is not necessarily a bad thing. By being uncomfortable, one is forced to go beyond their comfort zone and forced to think for themselves. If children are shielded from the unfortunate prejudices and inequities of our past, they cannot learn from them, and we are at risk of them being repeated. To Kill A Mockingbird gives insight into American history and the language used during the 1930s, and although this history might make us uncomfortable, it is this uncomfortableness that will help us

In To Kill A Mockingbird it shows me the side really nobody wants to see, racism. Some characters are not racist at all like Atticus, Scout and Jem. Atticus teaches his children to treat others with respect and with treat others how they want to be treated. But others like Bob Ewell is a very racist man. For example, he and a bunch of other people got together and went to the jail that Tom Robinson was staying in and they wanted to do some bad things to him. I think that this book taught many people to respect others. It really gets to the point of how to treat

Neither the novel nor film version of To Kill A Mockingbird is superior to the other, just different. In the book you delve more into the separate characters while in the film you see the relationships in action. The book gives you a broader view of everything, but at the same time the movie points out everything that seems important. Lastly, the novel shows Scout as a girl caught in the middle, when the movie seems to paint Scout as a girl without a inkling of what is going on.

What is the definition of a good novel? Opinions on this question may differ, but there are many things that good novels have in common. Most importantly, the reader must enjoy the novel. When I use the word enjoy, I don’t necessarily mean that it should make the reader ‘happy’ or ‘joyful’. The novel should give the reader a valuable or worthwhile experience. Many good novels often address topics that relate to our own reality. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, one of the main focuses is on power and corruption.

Human beings are complex. Part of the complexity comes from human attributes. There are numerous attributes that can include being constructive, loyal and affectionate. One of the attributes is knowledge and the desire for further knowledge. This attribute is very important in society because scientists and doctors always demonstrate desire for knowledge and crave more knowledge. Cancer is a disease that occurs in every country and it kills many people. There are many types of cancers and the medication for it is still in the process of finding. Scientists and doctors show desire for knowledge because they are looking for a medication that makes a person immune to cancer. As there are many examples of desire for knowledge in society, there