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March 24, 2010 ardync

To Kill a Mockingbird Review

          I would give the book To Kill a Mockingbird a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, because I liked how there was a twist at the end, the character Arthur Radley was mysterious, and the end was truthful. The book was about a lawyer who was defending a black man in a trial were the black man was accused of raping a white woman. The book is told from the point of view of the lawyer, “Atticus’” daughter “Scout”. Scout is 6years old, and is a big tom-boy. She has an older brother, Jem, and they have a summer time friend named Dill. Scout goes through all the adventures the three of them have together, eventually leading up to Atticus’ trial.

          In the book I like how the author added a surprising twist to the end. After the trial had ended, and the man Atticus was defending “Tom Robinson” was shot, and killed, I personally thought that the book should end, and that there was nothing left that could be added. The author lead you on to thinking there was nothing else exciting in the book by having Atticus tell tom Robinson’s wife rite away that he had been killed(262) then at the very end a major event occurred, that changed the whole book.

          Another thing I liked about the book was that the character Arthur Radley was mentioned throughout the whole beginning of the book and then sort of just disappeared. They described who Arthur Radley was, and the adventures that scout, Jem, and dill had while acting out his life. Then you didn’t hear about him until the end, and it gave the character a mysterious vibe.

          I also liked how the book had a real ending. It didn’t end how you wanted it to; it ended how it really would have happened in real life during that time, even though it was horrible how blacks were treated. By the author making the ending truthful, it gave the book more dimensions.

          I overall liked the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, I believe like the author was able to take a big part of history, and incorporate it into the book, while making it both interesting, and descriptive.

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