Friday, October 8, 2010
Mockingbird 1
This is one of my all time favorite books--one I think every American should read. It takes us to another time and place, but good people are good in all ages and evil ones are evil. This book will make you angry. It will make you smile. It may make you cry. Of all things, it will make you think. Enjoy! Mrs. France
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Hi Mrs. France,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your students are reading TKAM! This is definitely one of my very favorites. I think I learned more about people and life from TKAM than any other book I've ever read. What an incredible story. I went to a party one time called a "Suppressed Desires" party where people were supposed to dress as their one thing they've always wanted to be. I went as Scout b/c I love her innocence and honesty, her insightfulness and her forgiveness. What incredible lessons she teaches all of us. ENJOY!
I identified with Jem even though he is certainly not the main character. In the novel as I remember it, Jem seemed to be playing football with his friends in the neighborhood all the time. And when he did, he would pretend to be one of the great Alabama players of that day. He was living in Alabama in the nineteen-thirties. I did the same thing at his age in the nineteen-sixties in Georgia. I seemed to spend every free moment playing football. I also had a precocious younger sister whom I sometimes looked out for. I identified with Jem.
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ReplyDeleteAtticus Finch is my favorite character in all of literature, and I was anxious to introduce him to my children. When they were 11, I took advantage of a 500-mile road trip to pop in an audio tape of To Kill a Mockingbird. When we arrived at our vacation spot eight hours later, rather than dash out of the car to mingle with aunts, uncles and cousins, they begged me to drive around the block a couple of times. They were not willing to leave the world of Atticus, Jem and Scout that Harper Lee had transported us to!
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