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The novel To Kill A Mockingbird revolves around a young girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nicknamed "Scout". Scout experiences different events in her life that dramatically change her life. Scout and her brother Jem are being raised by their father, a lawyer named Atticus and a housekeeper named Calpumia in a small town in the south. At this point in time in the South racism and discriminations towards black was a big issue . The story begins when Scout is 6 years old, and her brother is about to enter the 5th grade. That summer Scout and her brother meet a young boy named Dill who comes from Mississippi to spend the summers there. They become fascinated with a man named "Boo" Radley, a man in his thirties who has not been seen outside of his home in years, mainly because of his suppressed upbringing. They have an impression of Mr. Radley as being this large ugly and evil man. Then comes the trial. Scout's father becomes a defense attorney for a black man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white women. This has a big affect on Scout. During this trial she gets teased by friends because her father was helping this black man. Scout starts to see the racism that exist. During the trial Scout and her brother and close friend Dill witness the trial. Even though they are young they can see that Mr. Robinson is innocent. Even though Mr. Robinson's innocence was clear even in the eyes of kids, Mr. Robinson was still found guilty. Later in an attempt to escape, Mr. Robinson is shot dead. Scout is extremely disappointed at the verdict and even more at the death of Mr. Robinson and realizes the injustice that exist. Later in a cowardly attempt by the alleged rape victims father, tries to kill Scout and her brother in order to get even with her father for making him look back in court. This is when Mr.Radley makes an appearance again an stabs their attacker. Even though Mr. Radley kills a man he is not tried for murder because he was defending the Scout and her brother. Finally some justice. This gives Scout some hope that is a chance for improvement in this unjust world.

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Author: Harper Lee
Publisher: HarperCollins
Released ecember 25, 1962
Price: £4.25 (from amazon)
ISBN: 978-0060935467


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Thank you for reading my review, this is my 2nd review in this section hopefully some of you spend a lot of time writing a book review for NGU and if you need this for homework, go ahead!! Thanks guys :love:

I read this last year for Sophomore English. It wasn't as bad as some of the other things we read.

Boo Radley!!!!

We watched some of the movie in English. It was interesting.

i had to read this in school i hated it. even worse than having to read Hamlet and Macbeth

Hamlet and Macbeth suck!!! The only book I really enjoyed in High School was "Mice of Men."

yeah i had to read it in school, wasnt bad

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yeah same, wasn't that bad

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come on it wasn't THAT bad

Dear god I hated this book! lol

The funny part is i just had to read this with my class

Lol my class is reading this book.