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The book To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the greatest books I have ever read, but of course it is not with it's flawless. Let us start with the good; the description of the city of Maycomb are some of the greatest piece of writing I have ever seen. An example of this can be seen on page 6 where Scout narrorates "In rainy weather the streets turned to red slope; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square." After I read this I had one of the clearest pictures of a city described in a book because of the great level of detail. As well as the way that not everything is clearly stated as she does not say the roads are made of clay, but you can assume that. The way that the character are described is also great with out stating the obvious. This is shown on page 362 where Scout says "They were white hands, sickly white hands that had never seen the sun..." This shows that this character is rarely outside do to the lack of dark skin color.
Another reason that this book is great is the way that the character talk and aged in the book is realistic. For example Atticus is always trying to teach his children a life lesson that will without doubt helping them in the future. This is shown on page I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. This is something that I could see a father telling her kid to show him/her that someone having a weapon or power does not make them have true courage, but someone that does not stop even when you known you will fail.
Another reason that this book is great is the way that the character talk and aged in the book is realistic. For example Atticus is always trying to teach his children a life lesson that will without doubt helping them in the future. This is shown on page I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. This is something that I could see a father telling her kid to show him/her that someone having a weapon or power does not make them have true courage, but someone that does not stop even when you known you will fail.
The theme of the book of prejudge has stood the test of 50 years and states relative to this day. As now a days people are starting to show that some and not all law inforcements can be racist and attack those that they do not see as equal just the same as Tom. As well the message of treating others with respect as now anyone can be the difference with a good choice or a bad choice to lead down a path.
Of course no book is without a few flaws and this book is no different. As Harper Lee tries to have different plots as the first plot starts to happen it developed until the second plot comes in over shadows the first for a big chunk of the book until the second plot climaxes and the first come in once again. Even though done to an extreme well sometimes the plots can lose a little amount of focus. As well the book can be very verbose and can be sometimes confusing. Due to the second plot and the amount of verbosness of the book.
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