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A review by mansikwatra
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5.0
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Before I pick up any of the great literary works, I cross my fingers and hope that the book wouldn't simply collapse under all the expectations associated with its popularity and turn out to be overrated. 'To kill a mockingbird' had been on my reading list for as long as I can remember, simmering until the need to read it grew stronger. Usually, it takes me weeks to get through books of this intensity but 'To kill a mockingbird' opens its doors to its reader, holding the reader's hand and taking him or her on a beautiful and thought provoking ride through the 1930s Alabama. I eased into the story, which progressed like a grey cloud moving slowly through the town, raining down on its folks after ages of drought.
I listened to Atticus; climbed into each character's skin and walked around for a week. The story has been woven around the prejudice against black people in southern United States, a region marred with history of black slavery. The events unfold through the voice of a young girl, Scout Finch, who under the wings of a wise father, Atticus and a protective brother, Jem, grows up to witness how truth sometimes loses against how we choose to see the world, lost in our own prejudices. The whole Finch family has to deal with the wrongful conviction of a black man, each affected by it in a different way.
This is one of those books that stands the test of time and will be a good read for generations to come.
Before I pick up any of the great literary works, I cross my fingers and hope that the book wouldn't simply collapse under all the expectations associated with its popularity and turn out to be overrated. 'To kill a mockingbird' had been on my reading list for as long as I can remember, simmering until the need to read it grew stronger. Usually, it takes me weeks to get through books of this intensity but 'To kill a mockingbird' opens its doors to its reader, holding the reader's hand and taking him or her on a beautiful and thought provoking ride through the 1930s Alabama. I eased into the story, which progressed like a grey cloud moving slowly through the town, raining down on its folks after ages of drought.
I listened to Atticus; climbed into each character's skin and walked around for a week. The story has been woven around the prejudice against black people in southern United States, a region marred with history of black slavery. The events unfold through the voice of a young girl, Scout Finch, who under the wings of a wise father, Atticus and a protective brother, Jem, grows up to witness how truth sometimes loses against how we choose to see the world, lost in our own prejudices. The whole Finch family has to deal with the wrongful conviction of a black man, each affected by it in a different way.
This is one of those books that stands the test of time and will be a good read for generations to come.