Book Assignment: To Kill A Mockingbird

 

For my book assignemnt for class I chose To Kill a Mockingbird as my favorite book to write about. I am not sure if it is really my favorite book of all time, but it is one that has extremely impacted my life and views. Here's an excerpt from my paper

Atticus Finch is one of the best and more influential characters ever written. Harper Lee is brilliant to write the story from the point of view of Scout, his daughter and a young girl. By writing the story from the point of view of a child it makes Atticus’ role even more amazing if you really understand it. When you understate something, the reality you can dig up because of that makes it much more impactful. She sees him as her wonderful, loving father, and only gets glimpses of the amazing advocate for human rights and lawyer he is. He is like a symbol of integrity and goodness. He is relatively quiet throughout the novel, he is gentle and wise, but during the last scenes as he argues in court, he is powerful, persuasive and strong. The book teaches the importance of morality and fighting for what you believe in even if you know that you are doomed to fail. Atticus defends Tom Robinson and not only, that believes him too. He knows there is no way they are going to win the case against a white family even if that white family is considered trash, but he know what is morally right and teaches the importance of equality. 

If you haven't read this book. READ IT.