To Kill A Mockingbird

I really, truly enjoy this film. I want to buy it, actually. Just have to find a place that carries it. I am super into the classic black and white movies, so this was perfect. Also, I have always been totally fascinated by the social and political aspects of times periods such as this. I also have the book sitting on one of my many shelves right now and I want to read it so bad. Maybe as soon as I get home I’ll pick it up and begin… this actually reminds me I need to look through my books and decide how many I want to donate to the school. Anyway, classics such as this teach us lessons, but often times people overlook the great works that do this teaching because of small aspects of it that are contributions to the setting and historical placement. Books are often banned because of the use of a single word or phrase that needs to be censored out of the educational system because of political correctness. What upsets me about this is that history is beginning to be censored and abandoned because of the mistakes that we have made and shameful parts that politicians and modern liberals would like to see erased because they don’t align with our modern society’s beliefs. Anyway, I really love Atticus’s character because he is so strong and reserved but you can tell he is a true Southern gentleman, especially in contrast with those around him. They are all caught up in their class and place in society and they don’t hold on to the positive aspects of the South, just their hate, resentment, and illusion of a higher social position based on skin color. Atticus is able to move on. He moves past the thinking of those around him to be an accepting individual that recognizes that no matter what skin color we are all human. We are all people, and legally we are all equal. As a lawyer he is dedicated to the law, and he is determined to protect the innocent as best he can. It really is a fantastic story. To be honest, I never read the story or saw this before, but I knew how the story was going to go based on other true historical events that have been recorded. Women and men would have African American’s killed for their mistakes and to hide relations. Women would have intimate encounters with men of a different color and nearly the same situation would have occurred, but there wouldn’t have been someone to protect the accused when the lynch mob came for them. I can’t wait to read the book.