'It is one of the most brilliant books to have been written'
To Kill a Mocking bird is an intriguing book about justice and judging. It is set in a small town in America. A young girl named Scout is playing in her front garden with her older brother, Jem, when she meets a young boy called Dill, who they befriend. Dill is a small scrawny boy, and only temporarily stays in Scout's town with his aunty. The kids play a series of games which involves another neighbour who was accused of stabbing his father with a pair of scirrors. The kids are incredibly scared by the very notion of this man, as are the rest of the street, the exception being Scout and Jem's father, Atticus, so they dare each other to go nearer to the house.
Whilst this is going on the children's father is battling a court case, in which a young black man was accused of raping a young white girl. As the story continues the children find a tree and inside find various things, one of them being two wooden children much like themselves and a small pocket watch. Then the case of the young black man is taken to court (Atticus, the children's father is defending him) and almost the entire town gathers in the court building to watch the trial. The black man goes up to speak and so does the young white girl, and it is found out that the young black man was unable to have done what the girl had accused him of doing. However, justice is blind and the black man got sent to prison and was later killed by a guard for trying to escape. Scout has to do a play for her school, and has to wear an outfit that looks like a ham (so that she looks like a ham) and later saves Jem from being killed and they all realise that
they have judged where they should have not.
It is one of the most brilliant books to have been written and is a great novel that shows racism in the light that it should be shown in. I would recommend this book to almost anyone who is interested in reading and understands the context in which the story has been written.
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Whilst this is going on the children's father is battling a court case, in which a young black man was accused of raping a young white girl. As the story continues the children find a tree and inside find various things, one of them being two wooden children much like themselves and a small pocket watch. Then the case of the young black man is taken to court (Atticus, the children's father is defending him) and almost the entire town gathers in the court building to watch the trial. The black man goes up to speak and so does the young white girl, and it is found out that the young black man was unable to have done what the girl had accused him of doing. However, justice is blind and the black man got sent to prison and was later killed by a guard for trying to escape. Scout has to do a play for her school, and has to wear an outfit that looks like a ham (so that she looks like a ham) and later saves Jem from being killed and they all realise thatthey have judged where they should have not.
It is one of the most brilliant books to have been written and is a great novel that shows racism in the light that it should be shown in. I would recommend this book to almost anyone who is interested in reading and understands the context in which the story has been written.
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