To Kill a Mockingbird



To Kill a Mockingbird

Introduction

There are novels, having been made ??into films with Basante success, eventually disappear from the shelves of essential works. These products are designed more for nostalgia than for the seasoned cinephile reader. This is how you left kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

Harper Lee belonged to the circle of Truman Capote and, in part, this had to do with the development of the novel. Lee, like other great writers, chose to disappear from public life after the success of To Kill a Mockingbird. No interviews or new pieces of her work have become a classic must-read in America. Masterfully filmed by Robert Mulligan, with Oscar for starring Gregory Peck, "the strength of the film medium has made ??it recognize the director's courage to raise the issues of the film at a time like the United States who lived in the 60's, forgot the author herself. It is partly a novel phagocytosed unfairly by the film. Because if it is true that in film history is not extremely worn, nor do we will be right to say that the book is one of the most impressive we've read.

Discussion

Lee tells the story of Atticus Finch, attorney for the southern town of Maycomb. Good man, right, with all its neighbors and of unwavering moral principles, Atticus is aware of the time and place he lives-the great depression ", but not willing to give up what is right. He has two sons, the eldest is Jem, and the small is called Jean Louise, but everyone says Scout. She is the alter ego of Harper Lee and who tells the story of his childhood and the most important case that took his father during those years.

Through these characters, and the colored maid named Calpurnia that acts as mother to two young, Lee crushes us neighborhood conflicts of a population where not everyone could find a job. Atticus expresses understanding to all that fail to understand the two small and shows his poise and consideration for all without abandoning its firmness. Is a character that seen in the eyes of Scout appears as an interesting and hopeful? Whenever we seem to recognize at some archetype, Atticus ends up showing us a new profile even more enigmatic than before and his presence fills the novel even when it is absent.

The book tells the adventures of two children, along with his friend in the summer, the intriguing Dill, nephew of one of the residents and character that is inspired by Truman Capote. This part of the novel, it might seem pointless, it's really sweet and enjoyed everywhere. The old ghosts that our childhood has left us all are remembered and brought it up at each of the pages of Scout. The various antics of the trio of kids go beyond the novel of adventure to leave us a clear map of social conflicts, economic and political factors that are breathed in any town or city during the Great ...