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To kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee

Topic started by Cygnus on Mon Apr 4 18:02:14 2005. [Full View]

I am currently reading this absolute treasure of a novel. I have seen the movie before and I remember being enthralled by the charming children and their southern gentleman father played marvellously by Gregory Peck ( Best Actor Oscar for his splendid performance). Please share your thoughts on this intricately detailed delightful book, if you've read it. I highly recommend this novel for anyone interested in reading fiction that is similar to the genre of "Swamy and friends" and "Prathapa Mudaliar Sarithram" poignantly infusing racial injustice in a poor town in Alabama during the Depression era.

There used to be an old thread by this title but I couldn't find it now, hence the new thread... Smile

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From: Tia on Thu Mar 15 17:17:57 2007. [Full View]

This book is actually amazing!

Boo Radley scared the day lights outta me at the beginning...but then at the end

dont wanna give too much away hehe lolz

its soo gd!

its mainly on the racial segragation in America right? well...its based aroundd that....kinda like Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry...but To kill a mocking bird is from the whtie peoples eyes....ROTHMC is from the black peoples eyes...mmmmmmmm! awesome bks!
From: Janar on Tue Apr 24 7:37:09 2007. [Full View]

I love the book. Atticus Finch is really a character I admire. Sensible, headstrong and supportive ,he is also a good father to his kid.

Ending was sad though. Guess the jury couldn't come to the fact that black men can be innocent too, as much as white women can be guilty
From: raagadevan on Wed Dec 5 13:29:02 2007. [Full View]

http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/12/02/stories/2007120250400400.htm
From: thilak4life on Wed Dec 5 15:07:55 2007. [Full View]

It's a boring book IMO. Not worth my time, might not be yours as well, unless you're driven to pursue extrinsic inspiration from such like!
From: Sinthiya on Thu Dec 6 23:15:19 2007. [Full View]

perhaps you will appreciate its inspirational theme, if you see Gregory Peck's performance in the movie, To Kill a Mocking Bird.....

i would like to read it again...
From: thilak4life on Fri Dec 7 1:02:56 2007. [Full View]

Sinthiya,

I used to be a fan of the film. But come to think of it, I would never revisit the film again. It's a good film for sure. Peck's performance was good as well, he has that rigidness (not "stern", but the way he emotes, and carries himself) which suited Atticus.
From: P_R on Fri Dec 7 1:43:30 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

It's a boring book IMO. Not worth my time, might not be yours as well, unless you're driven to pursue extrinsic inspiration from such like!
I read an excerpt during my college days. This is the sequence where Atticus shoots the mad dog. (it is flat and boring sequence in the film). In the novel it is extremely well written.

Nothing novel about the situation. Basically it is pretty much tihe same as the illiterate Tamil cinema hero amazing the world with his fluent English/Hindi. But the way it was presented was just beautiful. The way in which the children's perception of Atticus gets wider, never ever directly mentioned, is something that comes out very well. Nothing is told, everything happens and you move along with it. Really good writing.
From: thilak4life on Fri Dec 7 1:53:07 2007. [Full View]

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Really good writing.

I understand that. For that matter, I found Aryn Rand's books to be well written. But I found it to be less rewarding. One could very well say that I'm a slouch for books dwelling on existentialism and philosophy. It's not that I reject these books in an universal sense. I'm just saying you know
From: Sinthiya on Fri Dec 7 23:34:48 2007. [Full View]

thilak4life wrote:

I used to be a fan of the film. But come to think of it, I would never revisit the film again. It's a good film for sure.

hmm...then again, we could never compare the book to the movie...there is so much more in the book...

Prabhu Ram wrote:

... the way it was presented was just beautiful....Nothing is told, everything happens and you move along with it. Really good writing.

yes...
From: thilak4life on Sat Dec 8 1:36:57 2007. [Full View]

Sinthiya wrote:

we could never compare the book to the movie...there is so much more in the book...

OH, absolutely! But there are movie adaptations which opens up an extra dimension to the book. However, this isn't one..

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