Final Thoughts on "To Kill a Mockingbird"

The book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee started off slow and steady. I honestly thought I would fall asleep in the first couple pages. As it progressed, I felt it was a light and nice read, but nothing I was necessarily looking forward to. By the end, I did not even realized that I had missed dinner, and was clutching the book for dear life. The ending really pulled it together, and I was so excited to find out how Boo Radley and everything was related. My favorite character was Scout, no doubt, from the way she sounded AMAZINGLY cute in that ham outfit, and how she treated Boo Radley when she finally met him, I loved her. I also enjoyed Jem and his big brother attitude, and also enjoyed his adventures with crazy Dill. I really liked Atticus, and how insightful, modest, wise, and calm he was. He sounded like the perfect father, and I was really glad that he did not treat black men and women like dirt, like most of the town did. Honestly anyone in the town that did not treat others depending on the color of their skin were my favorite people. I found Mr. Dolphus Raymond to be interesting, for her pretends to always be drinking whiskey to appear as the town drunk, so he has a excuse as to why he likes to hang out the the black people of the town more. He comments that if anyone does anything weird or out of the ordinary in Maycomb, if you give the ladies and gentlemen an excuse as to why it's done, they'll leave you alone. For example Bob Ewell lives near the dump and is known to be rude, but everyone knows he is white trash and has no money, therefore he has reasoning behind his actions and therefore they are considered tolerable. I find that statement to be true in life everywhere, if we can find an excuse for something, we did not doubt why it is done or not. "To Kill a Mockingbird" really is a heart warming and insightful story. Having seen that Tom Robinson really had no chance when he was trial because of his skin color was heartbreaking, yet the truth. I would highly recommend "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, a true classic, to anyone.