To Kill a Mocking Bird - A Book Review

To Kill a Mocking Bird 

by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper Lee

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is one of the best classics of modern American literature. Published in 1960, it rounds up an event happened when the author was 10. She brings to light the culture, tradition and the lifestyle of her family and the neighbourhood in her hometown in Alabama during 1936. 

The narrative by Harper Lee explains in languid manner the childhood events of Jean Louise and her brother Jeremy. It starts off explaining how her brother got a crooked arm and went on like any simple childhood story with friends and summer time adventures including peeking into a strange and lonely house where the inhabitant never left the house for years. By the flow of the story one would assume that the story is about the characters getting acquainted with an odd character Arthur, whom they have only heard about but not met. Slowly the author takes a turn connecting serious aspects like law and crime, racial injustice prevalent then. Tom Robinson, an African was convicted for rape, which he did not commit and his prosecutor, none other than Atticus fights hard to set him free. While one expects the story to end when Tom dies, it gracefully leads back to yet another incident that concludes the opening matter in the book.

To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper Lee

Pulitzer Prize Harper Lee

The author has depicted Atticus as the most understanding gentleman and a great father who brought up his children in morals and values and taught them humanity is above prejudice. The calmness the man maintains amidst personal and professional problems, even in the face of danger enthralls both his kids and the readers. The much celebrated novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into an Academy Award- winning film 1962. 

I highly recommend To Kill a Mocking Bird for children so that they form a sense of appreciation of values and humanity at an earlier age. 

Age Group: 14 Years and Above.