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This story makes us want to be an Atticus Finch
Engels versie gelezen:To Kill a Mockingbird
Parents need to know that Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird examines racism through the eyes of children Jem and Scout Finch in Great Depression-era Alabama, when a black man goes on trial for the rape of a white woman. There's some intense material in this Pulitzer Prize winner, first published in 1960: A drunk breaks a kid's arm and is killed with a knife; the children are stalked; and Atticus and his children face down a lynch mob in the middle of the night. But this is a true American classic and one of our most eloquent appeals for tolerance and justice. Lee accurately portrays both sides of this divided Southern society, and readers may be inspired to read more about the history of the time. Families may want to check out the 1962 film version.
Scout gets some valuable life lessons from her father. She sees that doing the moral thing, is not always an easy, or popular, or safe thing to do. But it's the is
right thing to do. She also learns that everybody deserves to be treated with dignity and to receive justice, no matter what their skin color.
The setting for this book is the fictional town of Macomb, Alabama in the mid 1930s. The narrator of the story is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a 10 year old tomboy. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer who is defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. The likelihood of a black man getting a fair trial in the south in the 1930s is about 1 in a million...optimistically speaking.
Harper Lee made us stare prejudice and injustice in the face, and made us want to aspire to be an Atticus Finch. A flag-waving 5 stars!!!!
Parents need to know that Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird examines racism through the eyes of children Jem and Scout Finch in Great Depression-era Alabama, when a black man goes on trial for the rape of a white woman. There's some intense material in this Pulitzer Prize winner, first published in 1960: A drunk breaks a kid's arm and is killed with a knife; the children are stalked; and Atticus and his children face down a lynch mob in the middle of the night. But this is a true American classic and one of our most eloquent appeals for tolerance and justice. Lee accurately portrays both sides of this divided Southern society, and readers may be inspired to read more about the history of the time. Families may want to check out the 1962 film version.
Scout gets some valuable life lessons from her father. She sees that doing the moral thing, is not always an easy, or popular, or safe thing to do. But it's the is
right thing to do. She also learns that everybody deserves to be treated with dignity and to receive justice, no matter what their skin color.
The setting for this book is the fictional town of Macomb, Alabama in the mid 1930s. The narrator of the story is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a 10 year old tomboy. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer who is defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. The likelihood of a black man getting a fair trial in the south in the 1930s is about 1 in a million...optimistically speaking.
Harper Lee made us stare prejudice and injustice in the face, and made us want to aspire to be an Atticus Finch. A flag-waving 5 stars!!!!
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