To Kill a Mocking Bird

Handmaiden of Yavanna · 07-16-2002, 10:57 PM

I have to read this book for school and I just want opinions of it to know what I'm in for

Shadowfax · 07-17-2002, 12:22 AM

I read To Kill A Mocking Bird this past school year for English 10 and I LOVED it! It was an amazing book, beautifully written, with two great, independant yet inter-woven plots. Wonderful book!

***IronParrot*** · 07-17-2002, 06:55 PM

It's generally regarded as the quintessential twentieth-century novel involving racial conflict in America...

Myself, I don't remember it too well. Haven't touched it in years and years.

Rei · 07-18-2002, 03:04 PM

I HATED it!!!

OK, that might be to strong a word, but I really didn't enjoy it.

mirrille · 07-18-2002, 09:43 PM

Personally, I didn't like it. I tried to. I thought it wasn't very "tight". It wandered all over the place and couldn't seem to figure out what story it wanted to tell. The first part doesn't feel very connected to the middle which doesn't feel very connected to the end. Well, there are loose threads that connect thing together, but very loose. I felt like about 4/5ths throught it, she finally decided that she wanted to tell a story and started to pull things together, and then it started getting interesting, but it was too little, too late. I wasn't particularly able to relate or sympathize with the characters.
I'm kind of apathetic towards this one. I wouldn't recommend it, but that's not to say it was bad. It just didn't connect with me. Maybe it will connect with you.

Wayfarer · 07-19-2002, 03:49 PM

As the Gamers say:

"It SUX0R3D!"

BeardofPants · 07-19-2002, 04:22 PM

It was okay, but I don't particularly remember it either. (I read it about five years ago.)

Rána Eressëa · 07-19-2002, 06:41 PM

Haven't read it yet. Keep wanting to associate it will "A Time To Kill", though.

Menelvagor · 07-19-2002, 11:02 PM

Hm, I just read it this year for class, it's not bad, I kind of liked it. One of my friends really enjoyed it, I'll have to see if I can get her on here so you won't be totally overwhelmed with dread.

Galenavar · 07-20-2002, 05:03 PM

I loved that book!!!! It is truly a classic. I know that many people don't enjoy it, but it is one of the few books that I was forced to read in school that I have been grateful for. It is amazing. The issues that it deals with, the moral questions, the adventure, sadness, it is just so awesome!
Now, it might be a bit hard to get through, but it is all worth it I assure you.

galadriel · 07-20-2002, 11:22 PM

One of my favorite books. I suppose when I first read it (8th grade) I really identified with the main character, Scout. In fact, I fell in love with most of the characters, and, as said, it brings up some really important moral issues.
When I reread it this year, I was expecting to be disappointed: after all, it was one of the first really good books I had read in school, and my standards of literature hadn't been so high back then. But I *still* love it.

There are major jumps in plot, but they all wrap up in the end; just keep that in mind. I suppose if you didn't really get into the characters or the plot, it would be a hard read, but that's true for any book. So see if it works for you.

Handmaiden of Yavanna · 07-21-2002, 08:22 PM

Thank you all for yours opinions

I'll keep them in mind.

***azalea*** · 07-23-2002, 10:04 PM

It is an excellent book, and many people count it as their favorite of all time. I was also fortunate enough to see it performed on stage in Atlanta. The movie is excellent as well. It's just a great story. An interesting bit of trivia with which you can impress your teacher -- the character of Dill is based on Harper Lee's real life childhood neighbor, Truman Capote (a very famous American author).

galadriel · 07-24-2002, 11:51 PM

Wasn't a lot of the book drawn from Harper Lee's childhood experiences? Not in a biographical way, but bits and pieces based on her own life.

***azalea*** · 07-25-2002, 01:51 PM

Yes. I think that's the case with many authors, and especially so with her. It's like Stephen King always basing his stories in small New English towns, since he grew up in Maine. I think it's not only hard for an author to write about things very foriegn to them, but I also think they write better when they "stick to what they know" as the phrase goes. That's a basic rule of writing fiction, because you must be able to make characters and situations believable. Sometimes a story can become much more autobiographical than the author intends, but many times it works anyway.

Renille · 07-25-2002, 11:39 PM

That book has provided me with themes for some of my most favorite essays ever! I identified with Dill the most...imaginitive, short, a little crazy. What a great book. I love all the different characters that were developed to fullness, the intertwining themes, everything. I could PROBABLY say a lot more. But that would spoil the effect of reading it for yourself for the first time.

Llark silverwolf · 08-06-2002, 01:50 PM

really good book heh i just finished reading it a couple days ago

Celandine · 08-06-2002, 02:01 PM

It is a very good book

P.S. Llark I bet you did not read it.

Archbob the Elder · 08-09-2002, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shadowfax
I read To Kill A Mocking Bird this past school year for English 10 and I LOVED it! It was an amazing book, beautifully written, with two great, independant yet inter-woven plots. Wonderful book!

I have to disagree. Now I agree the story did present some wonderful issues on discrimination but the book itself was one of the most boring I ever read. I enjoyed "Native Son" alot more.

Celebrian · 08-18-2002, 09:43 PM

I liked the book. At times it looked like it was going to get boring, but it never did.

07-16-2002, 10:57 PM	#1
Handmaiden of Yavanna Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The far and fair West of California:) Posts: 101	To Kill a Mocking Bird I have to read this book for school and I just want opinions of it to know what I'm in for __________________ She wandered wayward for a time, from the gardens of the gods to climb the everlasting mountains free that look upon the outmost sea, and never wandered back but stayed softly singing from glade to glade.

07-17-2002, 12:22 AM	#2
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	I read To Kill A Mocking Bird this past school year for English 10 and I LOVED it! It was an amazing book, beautifully written, with two great, independant yet inter-woven plots. Wonderful book! __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

07-17-2002, 06:55 PM	#3
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	It's generally regarded as the quintessential twentieth-century novel involving racial conflict in America... Myself, I don't remember it too well. Haven't touched it in years and years. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-18-2002, 03:04 PM	#4
Rei Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hades....it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it Posts: 182	I HATED it!!! OK, that might be to strong a word, but I really didn't enjoy it. __________________ ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That doom is near at hand For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand. ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Whoo-hooo!!! I'm an Elven Warrior!!!!!

07-19-2002, 03:49 PM	#6
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	As the Gamers say: "It SUX0R3D!" __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

07-18-2002, 09:43 PM	#5
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Personally, I didn't like it. I tried to. I thought it wasn't very "tight". It wandered all over the place and couldn't seem to figure out what story it wanted to tell. The first part doesn't feel very connected to the middle which doesn't feel very connected to the end. Well, there are loose threads that connect thing together, but very loose. I felt like about 4/5ths throught it, she finally decided that she wanted to tell a story and started to pull things together, and then it started getting interesting, but it was too little, too late. I wasn't particularly able to relate or sympathize with the characters. I'm kind of apathetic towards this one. I wouldn't recommend it, but that's not to say it was bad. It just didn't connect with me. Maybe it will connect with you.

07-19-2002, 04:22 PM	#7
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	It was okay, but I don't particularly remember it either. (I read it about five years ago.) __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-19-2002, 06:41 PM	#8
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Haven't read it yet. Keep wanting to associate it will "A Time To Kill", though.

07-19-2002, 11:02 PM	#9
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Hm, I just read it this year for class, it's not bad, I kind of liked it. One of my friends really enjoyed it, I'll have to see if I can get her on here so you won't be totally overwhelmed with dread.

07-20-2002, 05:03 PM	#10
Galenavar Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: WI Posts: 129	I *loved* that book!!!! It is truly a classic. I know that many people don't enjoy it, but it is one of the few books that I was forced to read in school that I have been grateful for. It is amazing. The issues that it deals with, the moral questions, the adventure, sadness, it is just so awesome! Now, it might be a bit hard to get through, but it is all worth it I assure you. __________________ Galenavar Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo If there's no magic, there's no meaning.

07-20-2002, 11:22 PM	#11
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	One of my favorite books. I suppose when I first read it (8th grade) I really identified with the main character, Scout. In fact, I fell in love with most of the characters, and, as said, it brings up some really important moral issues. When I reread it this year, I was expecting to be disappointed: after all, it was one of the first really good books I had read in school, and my standards of literature hadn't been so high back then. But I still love it. There are major jumps in plot, but they all wrap up in the end; just keep that in mind. I suppose if you didn't really get into the characters or the plot, it would be a hard read, but that's true for any book. So see if it works for you. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

07-21-2002, 08:22 PM	#12
Handmaiden of Yavanna Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The far and fair West of California:) Posts: 101	Thank you all for yours opinions I'll keep them in mind. __________________ She wandered wayward for a time, from the gardens of the gods to climb the everlasting mountains free that look upon the outmost sea, and never wandered back but stayed softly singing from glade to glade.

07-23-2002, 10:04 PM	#13
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	It is an excellent book, and many people count it as their favorite of all time. I was also fortunate enough to see it performed on stage in Atlanta. The movie is excellent as well. It's just a great story. An interesting bit of trivia with which you can impress your teacher -- the character of Dill is based on Harper Lee's real life childhood neighbor, Truman Capote (a very famous American author).

07-24-2002, 11:51 PM	#14
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	Wasn't a lot of the book drawn from Harper Lee's childhood experiences? Not in a biographical way, but bits and pieces based on her own life. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

07-25-2002, 01:51 PM	#15
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Yes. I think that's the case with many authors, and especially so with her. It's like Stephen King always basing his stories in small New English towns, since he grew up in Maine. I think it's not only hard for an author to write about things very foriegn to them, but I also think they write better when they "stick to what they know" as the phrase goes. That's a basic rule of writing fiction, because you must be able to make characters and situations believable. Sometimes a story can become much more autobiographical than the author intends, but many times it works anyway.

07-25-2002, 11:39 PM	#16
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	That book has provided me with themes for some of my most favorite essays ever! I identified with Dill the most...imaginitive, short, a little crazy. What a great book. I love all the different characters that were developed to fullness, the intertwining themes, everything. I could PROBABLY say a lot more. But that would spoil the effect of reading it for yourself for the first time. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

08-06-2002, 01:50 PM	#17
Llark silverwolf Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: seattle Posts: 10	really good book heh i just finished reading it a couple days ago

08-06-2002, 02:01 PM	#18
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	It is a very good book P.S. Llark I bet you did not read it.

08-18-2002, 09:43 PM	#20
Celebrian Enting Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary Posts: 75	I liked the book. At times it looked like it was going to get boring, but it never did. __________________ All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost. Tall ships and tall kings, three times three. What brought they form the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree.

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