Ok, I confess. I have never read this book before. I remember seeing the movie a long time ago, but I never had to read the book in school so I never did.
But I finally read it, and I really liked it!
To me, the book was interesting and frustrating. The whole trial aspect of the book was so interesting, how it was obvious that the man was innocent but he was still convicted because of the color of his skin. I appreciated the fact that the children seemed to be the ones who weren't racist, and saw the world through innocent eyes. Atticus seemed to be the only adult in the town who wasn't racist. He also was not ruffled by the fact that people called him a "******** lover", because he was just out to defend the truth.
When I saw the movie, all I remembered was about Boo Radley. I wasn't quite sure how he tied into the trial, but I was glad to see it all worked out. I do wish he had more of a backstory, and wasn't just known as some crazy person. Again, I liked that Atticus didn't show the children his prejudice, if he had any. He just treated Boo like he was a normal member of society.
Well, now I feel like a normal member of society, since I have read this book.
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