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| To Kill A Mockingbird by SeanT21(op): 8:32pm On Mar 26, 2008 |
If you are black and you read the book were you disgusted by it because of its racial slur!! I personally didn't real like it but it was interesting!! But tell me who is the mockingbird in the book? |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by crazylegs(m): 11:38am On Mar 28, 2008 |
racial slur? Please explain. Its absolutely one of my favourite books. Instead of being disgusted I was quite edified. Of course, you have to understand it in its context. It might seem condescending but it was written in the 60s. Stereotypes are just that. Stereotypes. Oversimplifications. Many blacks in the US might have been perceived the way she presented it in the book. In any case for her time she was reasonably nice. She was also clear about on racial injustice. But maybe I don't get you. I think the mockingbird is Tom Robinson who was innocent and just trying to help and was killed for that. Feedback please. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by pahtahkee: 1:44am On Mar 29, 2008 |
Have not read it, but I will keep a mental note of it when I go to the stores tomorrow. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by SeanT21(op): 7:27pm On Mar 29, 2008 |
at crazylegs Why will Tom Robinson be the Mokingbird. Why would they try to kill him if he was the good guy? I think it was Scout because she didnt know any better. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by crazylegs(m): 9:56am On Mar 31, 2008 |
Never thought of it that way. You may have a point Somehow, I still think its Tom Robinson. He was someone that no one had anything bad to say about. He helped the girl he was supposed to have raped because she seemed unhappy. He was innocent but they killed him, because he was black. But it could apply to both of them to different degrees. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by SeanT21(op): 9:40pm On Mar 31, 2008 |
yep probably |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by Sexyabby(f): 11:34pm On Mar 31, 2008 |
wow dats d book i'm actually reading for my english class but i still have a long way to go.who's tom robinson cuz d only people i kno' is scout,Jem,Dill,Atticus,Calpurnia nd d Radleys.I'm at where Jem,Dill nd Scout were at d Radley's house doin' sumthin' nd they heard d gun shot. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by chiogo(f): 11:48pm On Mar 31, 2008 |
I've heard of the book but i've never read it but i know it must be really old. There's a movie to it, never seen it either but my sister has and it sounds interestin'. I'll have to look for the book in my school library or sumn and read. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by SeanT21(op): 11:18pm On Apr 01, 2008 |
Tom Robinson is at the end of the book or kinda in the middle. He gets covicted of a crime he didnt do and atticus trys to set him free. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by crazylegs(m): 9:32am On Apr 02, 2008 |
SeanT21:No spoilers oh.  Just read on, The book is quite old, as is the film. Great film. I think Gregory Peck won an Oscar for it. Its one of the few books I'm really passionate about and will recommend to anyone. Its serious, simple, deep and funny at the same time. Grab it if you can. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by Cadet(f): 9:05pm On Apr 05, 2008 |
I'll take a not on this book. i think the book is online. i'll try to read it  |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by Sexyabby(f): 3:48am On May 02, 2008 |
I'm done with the book and i believe dat ''to kill a mockingbird'' means to destroy innocence and a ''mockingbird'' represents the innocence and I also think dat the mockingbirds in the book are Tom Robinson,Dill,Jem,Boo Radley and Mr.Raymond cuz they're innocents who have been destroyed through contact wit evil. And also in the book, miss maudie explained to Scout dat: ''Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us and dats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird''. |
| Re: To Kill A Mockingbird by SeanT21(op): 9:35pm On May 02, 2008 |
Sexyabby:thank you. now i understand the tittle. |