What was Harper Lee’s Politics?
3rd person. I’ll bet her editor told her to change TKAM to first person.
Thanks for posting. This is very different from Mockingbird of which it supposedly was once a part. No humor, no Jem and frankly, pretty tedious. Maybe Capote wrote Mockingbird after all!
OK that's just stupid. Over and out.
When is this story supposed to be set? The early 70s? If Atticus Finch is 72 that must put us in the early 70s at least. So why is she using "Negro"? Das racis.
Why does Scout enjoy seeing "Negroes" living in poverty? Oh right she's a Democrat, never mind.
All I got to say is Boo Radley better play a significant part in this novel. If Atticus is still alive then surely Boo is. Maybe he went on to take over Atticus' state senate seat.
I teach TKAM every year to my juniors. It is an extremely conservative book if you catch the nuances from multiple reads. I have this book preordered and I can’t wait!
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(Mighty boring writing in that first chapter. Saved me from even considering buying the book)
"To Kill A Mockingbird" was a great book and no, I was not forced to read it in school. I discovered this book on my own.
However, I have to think that if this book was worth reading, it would have been published 50 years ago. From what I've read, even the author herself is ambivalent about the release of the book, which should tell you something right there.
“Until comparatively recently in its history, Maycomb County was so cut off from the rest of the nation that some of its citizens, unaware of the South’s political predilections over the past ninety years, still voted Republican.”
“There was no finer young man, said the people of Maycomb, than Henry Clinton.”
Thanks for posting this