To Kill a
Mocking Bird is a highly acclaimed American Novel, almost famous in every part
of the world. This is the only novel that Harper Lee had written in her life-time that gave her world- wide fame. So I also thought to read this.
The book is
known for its grave depiction of racism- not of only ‘the blacks’ but every
kind of people living in the fictional county Maycomb, Albama. It also shows
awesome wit and humor, goodwill for mankind, sense of justice and also hatred
based on superstitious prejudices.
Overall it’s
a good book, it didn’t fascinate me much, I felt bored upto 180 pages almost, because it revolved then
around only the activities of Scout, Jem and Dill to lure Boo Radley to come
out of his house. I wish I could pick this book earlier in my teenage or adolescence,
then I could find it more amusing.
Well, I liked
the second-half part of the novel , but should I say it was amazing…No..it was
good. I wrote this line in my review because of ninety percent of people who
read this, rated this or reviewed this, found it amazing, unforgettable and so
many adjectives.
If I talk
about racism, being an Indian I am well-acquainted of it’s almost synonym “Casteism”.
More or less discrimination is everywhere, in India it is in high quantity somewhat you can’t escape in your day-to-day
conversation even if you try hard. So, it was predictable for me that Tom, a
black man will be convicted by the jury, made of only the Whites, for the crime
which he hadn’t committed, though Atticus tried his best to reveal the truth
about the real happenings.
The basic
trait of mankind is that it is not flawless, every man and women, belongs to
any race or cast always possess desire, jealousy, sense to dominate, sense to
prove him/herself, greed, selfishness along with so many other good qualities,
but discrimination or the idea of racism developed by the dominants of the
society allows to adhere all the ill-qualities to a particular sect to which
chances are not given to raise and which has suffered by continuous
exploitation. These things are responsible for the superiority complex of the
people who thinks how can a low cast person challenge their ego, and they can
cross any limit to satisfy their superiority complex, as Bob Ewell does when he
tries to kill Atticus’ children or to burgle in the judge’s house.
Rating- 3/5
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