Comments on: Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Miss Jane http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Miss Jane Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:56 +0000 http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/#comment-33 As a participant in this year's "One Book, One Chicago", I have read the "REAL DEAL", which is the book selected for the program's inaugural year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and also felt I had no problems understanding the critical issues illustrated in the book. I then made the forunate decision to attend a lecture by Ms. Durst Johnson at the Chicago Public Library; a lecture based primarily on information contained in her commentary. My time was not wasted: for as much as I had indeed GRASPED about the novel, there were still many more interesting things to learn that I had not even considered. While some may consider it "beating a subject to death" (or some such nonsense), your reading experience will definitely be enhanced by referring to, but not relying on, this book's contents. Rating: 4 / 5 As a participant in this year’s “One Book, One Chicago”, I have read the “REAL DEAL”, which is the book selected for the program’s inaugural year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and also felt I had no problems understanding the critical issues illustrated in the book. I then made the forunate decision to attend a lecture by Ms. Durst Johnson at the Chicago Public Library; a lecture based primarily on information contained in her commentary. My time was not wasted: for as much as I had indeed GRASPED about the novel, there were still many more interesting things to learn that I had not even considered. While some may consider it “beating a subject to death” (or some such nonsense), your reading experience will definitely be enhanced by referring to, but not relying on, this book’s contents.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Anonymous Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:08:50 +0000 http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/#comment-32 I first read "To Kill a Mockingbird" when I was 13 -- I had no trouble understanding it then and, not surprisingly, I still don't. Truth be told, while it more than deserves to be held as a "classic" (usually meaning insipid and torturous, though not the case here), Lee's novel is pretty straightforward. <p> You should have no problem determining how well Atticus Finch made his case, or how African-Americans were treated in 1935, or the history of the town that is so well-described it becomes like another character in the book. <p> The only reason to buy a book about understanding "To Kill a Mockingbird" is because you are a teacher who likes to beat the meaning of such things into the ground, or a student who has unfortunately been forced or advised to purchase an unnecessary guide to one of the most enjoyably down-to-earth books ever written. Rating: 1 / 5 I first read “To Kill a Mockingbird” when I was 13 — I had no trouble understanding it then and, not surprisingly, I still don’t. Truth be told, while it more than deserves to be held as a “classic” (usually meaning insipid and torturous, though not the case here), Lee’s novel is pretty straightforward.

You should have no problem determining how well Atticus Finch made his case, or how African-Americans were treated in 1935, or the history of the town that is so well-described it becomes like another character in the book.

The only reason to buy a book about understanding “To Kill a Mockingbird” is because you are a teacher who likes to beat the meaning of such things into the ground, or a student who has unfortunately been forced or advised to purchase an unnecessary guide to one of the most enjoyably down-to-earth books ever written.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Anonymous Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:35:15 +0000 http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/#comment-31 This book rocks! Explains all you ever wanted to know about To Kill a Mockingbird. Rating: 5 / 5 This book rocks! Explains all you ever wanted to know about To Kill a Mockingbird.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Anonymous Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:13:19 +0000 http://tokillamockingbirdbook.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book/understanding-to-kill-a-mockingbird-a-student-casebook-to-issues-sources-and-historic-documents/#comment-30 Great Book; the best I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone. I had to read it for a school book and i didn't really want to read it, but once I started i couldn't put it down. Rating: 4 / 5 Great Book; the best I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone. I had to read it for a school book and i didn’t really want to read it, but once I started i couldn’t put it down.
Rating: 4 / 5

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