choconougat commented on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
It is good. I'll note down some passages, because it would be very long if I record everything in quote...
Atticus Finch's speech at the court is of course the most important. Then there is the part of rigorous school teaching plan. The part where Miss Maudie said her church people criticise her for spending too much time in the garden and not enough time reading the Bible and saying this is too much pleasure to be a good humble believer. The part where Calpurnia brought the two kids to her black people's church. All the parts with Boo Radley. Dill's running away. I think Ms Alexandra and people's kitchen talk and the hiding of true sad things beneath the trivial chitchat? and the part of minding coming from a good family too much, and all the parts about we are not their kind of people (or folks, as in …
It is good. I'll note down some passages, because it would be very long if I record everything in quote...
Atticus Finch's speech at the court is of course the most important. Then there is the part of rigorous school teaching plan. The part where Miss Maudie said her church people criticise her for spending too much time in the garden and not enough time reading the Bible and saying this is too much pleasure to be a good humble believer. The part where Calpurnia brought the two kids to her black people's church. All the parts with Boo Radley. Dill's running away. I think Ms Alexandra and people's kitchen talk and the hiding of true sad things beneath the trivial chitchat? and the part of minding coming from a good family too much, and all the parts about we are not their kind of people (or folks, as in the southern dialect).
I listened to the audiobook, so it is quite easy to go through all this. I imagine I'd need more patience to read it myself. But it is a lot more fun than what I had thought. Telling from the child's perspective and all the kid things they do make it more fun.