So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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I could not have appreciated this book in full as a teen. The beauty of the language, the era and all it encompasses would have escaped me. Moreover, I'm not sure I'd have noticed changes in our culture in just a few decades. Now, Boo Radley would be less likely to have access to the children. They'd have been raised to avoid him and by omission, fear him. Nor would the children have been able to play all over or walk to town or perhaps even spend time with the neighbor. Life is so very different and less friendly today, and this book really brought those changes home to me; not only with how our children are raised and changes within our community, but with civil rights and how all people are perceived today.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Slipcased Edition) by Harper Lee
Amy R, February 13, 2011
I could not have appreciated this book in full as a teen. The beauty of the language, the era and all it encompasses would have escaped me. Moreover, I'm not sure I'd have noticed changes in our culture in just a few decades. Now, Boo Radley would be less likely to have access to the children. They'd have been raised to avoid him and by omission, fear him. Nor would the children have been able to play all over or walk to town or perhaps even spend time with the neighbor. Life is so very different and less friendly today, and this book really brought those changes home to me; not only with how our children are raised and changes within our community, but with civil rights and how all people are perceived today.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)