It is a sin to kill a mockingbird

Written by Mara Jos Acua and Pamela Humeres

It is considered as one of the most broadly read boo k dealing with racial problems in North America.
Have you ever heard about
To Kill a Mockingbird? You
probably have. To kill a
mockingbird is one of those
books that almost everyone
has read at least once in
their lives. This means that
there
are
many
interpretations of the book,
but it is and it will be a
meaningful piece of classic
literature, regardless the
period of time in which it is
read. Although, the diverse
interpretations, the book
defends the universal idea of
right over wrong, in which
an unconventional hero,
Atticus Finch, tries to defend
Tom Robinsons innocence,
a black man accused of
raping a white young
woman. The background of
the story is the idea of
defending the truth over
Why

DID

this

To Kill a Mockingbird is very

acclaimed by critics, it has
an incredible amount of
prizes, and it sells about a
million copies per year, it
was even taken to the
screen!
The
movie
adaptation
offers
the
readers the possibility of
seeing other perspectives of
those pages that had evoked
so many feelings, and a
parallel reality that we are
able to draw through our
own imagination. To Kill a

North American society, and

secondly
the
racial
inequalities suffered by
afromerican people. Lee
wrote this novel inspired by
her own observations of her
community.

everything
beyond
the
ethical beliefs of the people
at that time.
This is a 20th century novel
written by Harper Lee in
1960, Lee mainly encloses
two topics that were so
controversial in United
States at that time , first the
racism that surrounded
book

become

so

Mockingbird is considered
as the most influential book
in Americans lives, and it has
being placed after the Bible,
in the list of books that you
should read before you die.
But what is the reason of all
this success? First, it has a
warm humor and encloses
topics as rape and racial
inequality that makes it
really interesting to the
reader. But the most
important thing is that it is a
valuable piece of wisdom

Since the beginning, there

has been a lot of
controversy around the
book. To Kill a Mockingbird
has been used in schools as
a source of reality for kids,
but it is considered for some
people
to
be
too
controversial, and that its
content might be too heavy
for kids. In contrast, it is also
really useful to raise
awareness
about
discrimination, and gender
inequality.

popular?
that can be passed on,
regardless
generational

Awards
1961- Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize
To Kill a Mockingbird is ranked by
the Guinness Book of World Records
as the top selling novel of all time.
To Kill a Mockingbird won the Quill
Award for best audiobook of the year
for its belated debut on audio

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