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As you noted, though, it's a fuller depiction of the South than "racist people." Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 23/05/2011 12:00:01 AM
There is that element of society who, in Faulkner's words, "endured," but Lee's depiction of the region is honest and real enough to acknowledge this injustice without allowing it to dominate all aspects of the work.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Nelle Harper Lee - 22/05/2011 06:28:11 PM 8317 Views
I reviewed it last year - 22/05/2011 07:45:48 PM 1979 Views
Huh. I seem to have missed that. - 22/05/2011 11:17:11 PM 1884 Views
As you noted, though, it's a fuller depiction of the South than "racist people." - 23/05/2011 12:00:01 AM 1860 Views
It's a beautiful, incredible book. - 22/05/2011 08:21:48 PM 1815 Views
Re: It's a beautiful, incredible book. - 22/05/2011 11:18:32 PM 1769 Views
Also - 22/05/2011 11:33:27 PM 1747 Views
Don't you think that, you know, too many people have read it already? - 23/05/2011 09:55:52 PM 1850 Views
Does that disqualify it? - 24/05/2011 01:49:54 PM 1785 Views
I don't know, if a lot of people want to have this book in a Book Club, I have no objections. - 24/05/2011 07:01:38 PM 1805 Views
Well, that's true. - 25/05/2011 01:20:54 PM 1896 Views
Loved that book. - 22/05/2011 09:07:16 PM 1791 Views
Re: Loved that book. - 22/05/2011 11:19:29 PM 1795 Views
A great book - 22/05/2011 09:13:12 PM 1836 Views
Re: A great book - 22/05/2011 11:20:02 PM 1795 Views
“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.” *NM* - 23/05/2011 12:03:34 AM 952 Views
Indeed. *NM* - 23/05/2011 09:37:38 AM 934 Views
Bah. This seems like a lame book. It will never catch on. - 23/05/2011 01:31:10 AM 1917 Views
LOL *NM* - 23/05/2011 08:36:55 AM 933 Views
Hehehe. *NM* - 23/05/2011 09:38:03 AM 984 Views
Um, there's already a rfilm version of this. - 23/05/2011 01:11:36 PM 1666 Views
Suspect he knows that. *NM* - 23/05/2011 01:15:46 PM 955 Views
I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like this book. *NM* - 23/05/2011 09:37:52 AM 940 Views
So it survives being taught in school? - 23/05/2011 09:39:18 AM 1782 Views
Yup. *NM* - 23/05/2011 02:47:17 PM 948 Views
I've met some, but it was a casualty of middle school English. *NM* - 23/05/2011 07:40:27 PM 865 Views
Thanks for the review. - 23/05/2011 10:07:46 PM 2127 Views
Re: Thanks for the review. - 24/05/2011 12:14:08 AM 1877 Views
Let me ask the politically incorrect questions, since no one else has. - 24/05/2011 03:14:50 AM 2003 Views
Hmm - 24/05/2011 10:22:50 AM 1890 Views
I think that's a fair point. - 24/05/2011 07:00:04 PM 1902 Views
Calpurnia is a stereotype too. - 24/05/2011 11:54:26 PM 1821 Views
The difference, at least in my recollection, is that Calpurnia is well-educated. - 25/05/2011 08:09:58 PM 1769 Views
Re: The difference, at least in my recollection, is that Calpurnia is well-educated. - 25/05/2011 10:59:26 PM 1867 Views
Yes. This. *NM* - 26/05/2011 04:56:48 AM 862 Views
I think there was at least once incident showing a racist black person - 24/05/2011 07:33:09 PM 2050 Views
Almost a non-incident - 24/05/2011 08:51:59 PM 1686 Views
I think it was written to accomplish a goal and it did that very well - 25/05/2011 04:08:17 PM 1808 Views
Given your introductory portion - 11/06/2011 01:28:40 AM 1823 Views
It just occurred to me - 11/06/2011 01:30:05 AM 1774 Views
Re: It just occurred to me - 11/06/2011 11:36:21 AM 1892 Views
I have read both - 11/06/2011 11:35:11 AM 1651 Views
All of Twain's stuff is great - 13/06/2011 02:27:55 AM 1869 Views
Re: All of Twain's stuff is great - 13/06/2011 08:17:05 AM 1787 Views
And some poets - Tennyson and Yeats come to mind. *NM* - 13/06/2011 10:11:31 AM 853 Views
Keats? - 13/06/2011 10:14:58 AM 1878 Views
I have to say... - 13/06/2011 05:27:26 PM 1714 Views
Re: I have to say... - 13/06/2011 05:54:45 PM 1805 Views

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