To Kill a Mockingbird

"Hint: The Title of the book clearly states "NEW ESSAYS"" according to Michael D Reese. This review is specific to the Kindle edition of the book.It is suprisingly difficult to find critical essays on To Kill a Mockingbird. This book is a gold mine of multiple critical views, each exploring some aspect of the book. As so many of the people that scored this product with only one or two stars have stated, it is NOT the actual novel. The title should make that plain. If not, the product discription states that "Michael J. Meyer has assembled a collection of new essays that celebrate this enduring work of American literature. These essays approach the novel from educati. "An American classic which deserves being read again every 5 or 10 years" according to Pat McKnight. This may be one of the most influential novels ever written. The number of people who decided to study law because they had been inspired by Atticus Finch is legion. They were inspired by the story of a highly respected attorney who takes on an unpopular cause and goes against the prevailing ethos in the process. Atticus alone is not enough to have caught the attention of the legion of people who love this novel. All of the characters in it are well fleshed out and interesting -- from Scout and her beloved brother, their housekeeper, various and assorted towns women and men are m. Great Classic that delves into the issues of racism. Got this for school. Was supposed to read it in 9th grade, but the Alabama State Board of Education is stupid (Imagine that not even going to go into every stupid thing they do. The list is as endless as our state's admendments), so my class (C of 2018) read it in 11th grade. I enjoyed the book as I knew I would. It is a very integral part into understanding my state's history because, sadly, Bama still has racial issues. And just like Lee shows in her novel, racism is a problem for both whites and blacks against each other. I became emotionally attached to it and, like Jem, I wi

A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father - a crusading local lawyer - risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country. Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook