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One of my favorites! (  ) MsDavila | Sep 27, 2023 |  Like so many people, I read this book in high school. Unlike most of the other books I read for assignments then, I liked this one and remember being able to understand the symbolism and themes better than I could in most of the others. This is the first time I've read it since then and the first time reading it for fun, rather than for an assignment, and I doubt that, as a teenager, I was as frustrated by the society presented in this book as I was when reading it this time. Atticus Finch is shown to be a man who bucks society, making it clear to his children and community that he will do the right thing, no matter what others say, and that he does his best to love everyone, no matter the color of their skin. It's clear that he doesn't like things the way that they are and would change them if he could. But why he doesn't stand up to his sister more, I don't understand. Why it's never addressed that she is the one who gave her grandson terrible things to say about Atticus, which were then repeated to Scout, causing Scout to react, I don't know. I understand that Atticus is a single parent just trying to do the best he can to raise two kids and work a difficult job, and that might be enough reason to still allow is sister to move into his house and help with the kids. Perhaps he never fully understands that any of that is happening, since the kids try to protect him by not telling him everything, but on the other hand, it's also clear that he knows more than they think he does. That's the extent of my rant for this book, and it's not really a complaint about the book (much). It's frustration at how slowly things change in a society. The book itself is beautifully written, though, and really immerses the reader in the 1930s south. While some of part 1 seems unnecessary at the time, it all goes into building the characters and the town (which is like a character itself), and much of it comes back up again in some way in part 2. I do wish that both Boo Radley's arc and the aftermath of Tom Robinson's outcome had been expanded on a bit more by the end, though. If you haven't read this book and aren't sure if you should, I suggest you check it out. If you haven't read it since high school, consider reading it again some time, without the assignments to go along with it. (  ) Kristi_D | Sep 22, 2023 | I have read and reread this one and it never loses its magic. This most recent reread was inspired by our brand new pup that we named Scout. It was Atticus and Calpurnia that stuck out to me this time, my first reading it after becoming a parent. Itβs an impossible task, raising a child. The impact those two have on the story and Scout and Jem canβt be measured. I know Iβll reread this one again in every new season of life. ( ) bookworm12 | Sep 6, 2023 | Dispara a todos los grajos que quieras, si puedes acertarle, pero recuerda que es pecado matar a un ruiseΓ±or. El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras Γ©l defiende el verdadero ruiseΓ±or de la novela clΓ‘sica de Harper Lee βun hombre negro acusado de violar a una niΓ±a blanca. A travΓ©s de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la dΓ©cada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia e hipocresΓa se enfrenta con la resistencia y heroΓsmo silencioso de la lucha de un hombre por la justicia, pero el peso de la historia no tolera mΓ‘s allΓ‘ de su lΓmite. Uno de los clΓ‘sicos mΓ‘s queridos de todos los tiempos, Matar a un ruiseΓ±or ha ganado muchas distinciones desde su publicaciΓ³n original en 1960. Ha ganado el Premio Pulitzer, ha sido traducido a mΓ‘s de cuarenta idiomas, vendiΓ³ mΓ‘s de cuarenta millones de copias en todo el mundo, y se han convertido en una popular pelΓcula. TambiΓ©n se nombrΓ³ como la mejor novela del siglo XX por los bibliotecarios de todo el paΓs (Library Journal). Compasivo, dramΓ‘tico y muy emotivo, Matar a un ruiseΓ±or en esta nueva y moderna traducciΓ³n lleva a los lectores a las raΓces de la conducta humana, a la inocencia y experiencia, a la bondad y crueldad, al amor y odio, humor y patetismo. fewbach | Sep 1, 2023 | What a wonderful book! I am glad that I finally read it. It's full of kindness and hope. Atticus is a role model for every parent and I have so much to learn from him. Though the book was written in 1960 it reads as it could have been written now, which is kind of depressing, but also impressive. ( ) dacejav | Aug 30, 2023 |
35 livres cultes Γ lire au moins une fois dans sa vie Quels sont les romans qu'il faut avoir lu absolumentΒ ? Un livre culte qui transcende, fait rΓ©flΓ©chir, frissonner, rire ou pleurerβ¦ La littΓ©rature est indΓ©niablement crΓ©atrice dβΓ©motions. Si vous Γͺtes adeptes des classiques, ces titres devraient vous plaire. De temps en temps, il n'y a vraiment rien de mieux que de se poser devant un bon bouquin, et d'oublier un instant le monde rΓ©el. Mais si vous Γͺtes une grosse lectrice ou un gros lecteur, et que vous avez Γ©puisΓ© le stock de votre bibliothΓ¨que personnelle, laissez-vous tenter par ces quelques classiques de la littΓ©rature. "BΓΌlbΓΌlΓΌ ΓldΓΌrmek" harika bir roman ve baΕlamak iΓ§in en iyisi. Β Bu, bir kardeΕin (Jem ve Scout) ve tek bekar ebeveynleri, yani babalarΔ± Atticus ve bakΔ±cΔ± Calpurnia ile yaΕarken beklenmedik bir dΓΆnΓΌΕ ve dΓΆnΓΌΕ getiren hayatlarΔ± etrafΔ±nda dΓΆnen bir hikaye. Hikayenin konusu, Boo Radley'in planΔ± dΔ±ΕΔ±nda baΕlangΔ±Γ§ta net deΔildi, çünkΓΌ anlatΔ± bazΔ± olaylara derinden nΓΌfuz etti ve aniden rotasΔ±nΔ± deΔiΕtirdi. Daha sonra bu kΔ±sa anlatΔ±mlarΔ±n, hikaye izci (8 yaΕΔ±ndaki) bakΔ±Ε aΓ§Δ±sΔ±yla anlatΔ±ldΔ±ΔΔ± iΓ§in Γ§ocuklarΔ±n hissettikleri duygularΔ± anlattΔ±ΔΔ±nΔ± fark ediyoruz. Β YetiΕtirilmeleri, iyi beslendikleri ve Atticus tarafΔ±ndan iyi deΔerlerle donatΔ±ldΔ±klarΔ± iΓ§in bΓΌyΓΌleyicidir. Β O, sΓΆzΓΌnΓΌn eri bir adamdΔ±r ve her senaryonun dΓΌrΓΌst, doΔru, eΕitlikΓ§i bir bakΔ±Ε aΓ§Δ±sΔ±na daima sahip olmuΕtur. Β MesleΔi avukatlΔ±ktΔ±r ve Γ§ocuklarΔ±na dΓΌΕΓΌnce ve eylemlerinde ΓΆzgΓΌrlΓΌk duygusu vermiΕtir. Her ne kadar hikayenin sonunda gΓΆrdΓΌΔΓΌmΓΌz gibi iΕler ona gΓΆre gitmese de, hikaye gΓΌΓ§lΓΌ bir ifadeyle sona erdi: "ΓlΓΌler ΓΆlΓΌleri gΓΆmsΓΌn" yani bu dΓΌnyada insanlarΔ±n ne kadar doΔru ya da yanlΔ±Ε olduΔu anlamΔ±na gelir, her Εey hesaba katΔ±lΔ±r ve faturanΔ±n vadesi gelir. Β Bu roman mutlaka okunmalΔ±, severek okudum.  Mockingbird is not necessarily as widely admired among scholars of US literature as it is among its fans. I once enraged an audience of very nice book-lovers at the Cheltenham literary festival by suggesting that Mockingbird was just the teensiest bit overrated. There are many reasons for this assessment, not least the feeling that Atticus Finchβs famous moral rectitude is, in point of fact, disturbingly flexible. He tells Scout: βBefore I can live with other folks, Iβve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesnβt abide by majority rule is a personβs conscience.β Thatβs all well and good, and a fine American sentiment that goes at least back to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But part of Mark Twainβs radical move in that novel is to make his hero an illiterate backwoods boy; Leeβs hero is a virtuous, middle-class white man, full of noblesse oblige to the black people he defends (who revere him for it), but who doesnβt bat an eyelid at the common knowledge that the illiterate, white-trash Mayella Ewell is regularly raped and beaten by her father. Its sentiments and moral grandeur are as unimpeachable as the character of its hero, Atticus. ... It's time to stop pretending that "To Kill a Mockingbird" is some kind of timeless classic that ranks with the great works of American literature. Its bloodless liberal humanism is sadly dated, as pristinely preserved in its pages as the dinosaur DNA in "Jurassic Park." A book that we thought instructed us about the world tells us, instead, about the limitations of Jim Crow liberalism in Maycomb, Alabama. Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesDelfinserien (159) Miljoenenreeks (1) New Windmill Series (96) rororo (4281) Is contained inHas the adaptationIs abridged inReader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the Ecstasy | Winter of our Discontent | Fate is the Hunter by Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Shoes of the Fisherman | Seven Days in May | To Catch an Angel by Reader's Digest InspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsWhitcoulls Top 100 Books (12 – 2008) Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (9 – 2010) Notable ListsWaterstones Books of the Century (No 7 – 1997)
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HTML: Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep Southβ??and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. 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 fatherβ??a crusading local lawyerβ??risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible cr No library descriptions found. 
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE
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