How To Kill a Mocking Bird

I'm a slow reader. I do enjoy opening a book and letting the words take me to new places, but it takes time for me to finnish a novel. To Kill a Mocking bird is a short-ish novel; it is only 307 pages long. Still, it took me over a month to read it. Not because it was bad, I just read two to four pages at a time.

I bet most of the people have read this one, or atleast knows what it is about. Scout, a seven year girl witnesses the livestyle of small town in American Deep South. The main plotline follows her normal life, but the real story is actually about his father, who fights against racisism in a court case. A Black man is accused of raping a white girl.

The book is touching and good. Ms Lee has a great talent of storytelling and making the world unravel before one's eyes. Atleast most of the times. At first I found Scout to be the most annoying character in the book but she milds towards the end. The story of the black man is touching and Mr. Finch, Scout's father', is a true hero. He was very believable and easy to relate to.

The only real proplem I have with the novel, is the language that is sometimes used. It is written in first perspective, we see the small town of Maycomb through eyes of a seven-year-old girl. I know that my English is far from perfect but man that girl can write! She is supposed to be really smart but this is just a bit too much. She act's like a kid but she uses words like respiration, pilgrimage, contribution, and predilection. Seven year olds don't talk like this.

Nit picking aside, it was a good book. I would recomend it as a light read for the autumn nights.



Books aside, sorry for the radio silence. The cultureshock really hit me hard this time, and I did not have much to say (except woe is me and whinewhine and blahblah). Now I'm trying to figure out now how can I copy big pictures to the blog without making them blurry and start posting pictures again (I need to get my camera first, I forgot it to twin's the other day). Although I want to write more and more, this blog desperately needs pictures.