Young Writers Society

I really liked To Kill a Mockingbird. It was the first Pulitzer Prize winner I ever read. I read it when I was 13 I guess... I LOVED the scene where he talks about equality in the courtroom. And I also like the part where Jem learns a lesson from the old lady who wouldn't take morphine. I think it's a great book that has a hell lot of insight. Love the end of the book... The part where Atticus says most people have a lot of good in them when you get to know them... something like that. although I found it rather hard to read at times but I still think it's an awesome read.

I cannot explain how much I love that book. It was the first classic I ever read and I just love it so much. I am a firm believer in equality so I liked it for that reason, but for so many. I LOVED the characters. Atticus and Scout and Jem, aw, they're just amazing. Seriously, everyone should read this book. I adored it. That's all I can say really, some unintelligible mutterings. I loved the book xD I could see, however, how you wouldn't like it. So it's just a matter of personal opinion I guess.
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I first read TKAM when I was eleven, and honestly...it was okay. But just okay.

I'm not quite sure why I don't seem to favor it as much as most people; maybe I just had high expectations or something. Maybe it's because I live near where it's set (the name of my town is actually mentioned at least once in the book). I have to say, I did love the movie, but I don't share the same appreciation for it as most people do, I guess.

Okay, semi-rant over. :]

I actually didn't read this book until last year. It is my friend's favorite book and she kept pestering me to read it, while I invented excuse after excuse. I just wasn't all that interested. Then we read it for English.

Omigosh, but it blew my socks off. I'm not really sure what it is about it that really makes me love it so much, but I really do. Absolutely amazing read.

I think it's the characters, along with the narration. Probably mostly the narration. It is so true to life. I've never really been in any of these situations, and yet they ring so true to my own life that I felt an instant kinship with the book. I remember thinking the exact same way Scout does and it makes me look back on myself and chuckle or wince as the situation has it.

Really, Harper Lee struck crazy literary genius gold with this book.

~GryphonFledgling

P.S. With the understanding that I love TKAM as much as anyone, check out this video. It makes the book ten times more awesome, though I wish Atticus had a bigger part. Atticus is the man.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mockingbird
"And the Mockingbird was like 'Yeah right,' 'cuz no one can kill a mockingbird..."

Wonderful. Wonderful. WONDERFUL novel. I think Atticus is probably one of the greatest characters in literature. A cross-section of racial history interwoven with a journey into adulthood. Lightning plot with subtle characters makes for a divine read!