I had read TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Hi. This is Moring.
I'll introduse Haper Lee's book, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, and tell you my impression about the book.

Jean Louise Finch tells us a story what had happened around her in her childhood at a small country town in Alabama. The story begin at the time when she was almost six-year old and gets into the first grade of a school. And the story lasts till the fall in her third grade.
This book has two parts. In the part one she tells us about her family, her father, Atticus, her elder brother, Jem, and her neighbors. Also something starts in the part one. Then it becomes a main thing in the part two. Many things happen related it and many people appear.
This book has about 100,000 words.

One of my friends in US recommended reading this book just after she had read it. Then I started reading it at last summer. It took long time to finish the book because I took a rest after finishing the part one and read other books. But I finished it about a half month ago. Some parts of the book are difficult to get imagines for me because of difficult words or backgrounds of the story. But I could read the last fifty pages in two days. The reasons why are that I might be getting familiar with the style of statements and a climax is usually the most fun part of a book.
The theme of the book might be the inside of hearts of people who lived a society that most white people hate black people. But why a person don't like others and sometimes treats them badly beyond his/her common sense is also one of themes of the book, I think. The author may try to show us these kinds of problems using children's eyes.
I also recommend reading this book as well as my friend. And think about the relationship with others.
There is no doubt that the novel received Pulitzer prize.
The book appeared 1960 and turned into film later.

Happy Reading

How do you do, Moringsan?

It's good to see your writing about the noted book here. To Kill a Mockingbird is certainly a great work of prose fiction.

I see the story as a girl's experience of slowly coming to see the bad side of her country and still keeping love and respect for it.

In addition to the chief story of the book, I'm interested in other small things Harper Lee took time putting in and making the book longer, like the girl's love of reading, her schoolteacher's view against it, the strange and beautiful boy who was in fact Truman Capote, inside of the black church, and so on.

With respect.

Hi Ryotasan.
This is Moring.
Thank you for replying.

〉It's good to see your writing about the noted book here. To Kill a
〉certainly a great work of prose fiction.
Yes, it was.

〉In addition to the chief story of the book, I'm interested in other small
〉things Harper Lee took time putting in and making the book longer, like
〉the girl's love of reading, her schoolteacher's view against it,
Yes, she can read newspapers when she enterd the first grade.
I remembered Dahl's "Matilda". Also stories about neighbours were interesting.

〉the strange and beautiful boy who was in fact Truman Capote, inside of
〉the black church, and so on.
Oh, I didn't remember Truman Capote in the scene at the blach church.
I must review it.

See you.
Happy Reading!

Dear Moringsan:

Yes. The girl who goes by the name of "Scout" is as good as Dahl's Matilda at reading, though she has no strange powers like making a stick of chalk go up in the air.

I put a number of different things mixed up together in my writing 975, so let me make them clear:

The boy made after Capote is Dill, though there is no sign in the book to let the reader see it. Scout and Jem's play with Dill and her experience of going to the black church are in different parts of the book.

I saw a TV program on making of the motion picture To Kill a Mockingbird. It's with the Special Edition DVD of the moving picture. In the program, the writer Horton Foote gives a talk about how he made Harper Lee's book into the screenplay. When he was getting ready for writing, he had a meeting with Lee, and she said to him that Dill was Capote, so he made Dill more like Capote, who was a noted man at the time. And a boy actor who is truly looking like Capote did the part in the moving picture, guiding Scout and Jem on the journey into the dark space.

Hi Ryotasan.
This is Moring.

〉The boy made after Capote is Dill, though there is no sign in the book
〉to let the reader see it. Scout and Jem's play with Dill and her
〉experience of going to the black church are in different parts of the book.
Then I understand I didn't remember the name.
But it's shame that I hadn't been having a bit about his name
because now I know he is the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's.

〉I saw a TV program on making of the motion picture To Kill a
〉Mockingbird. It's with the Special Edition DVD of the moving picture. In
〉the program, the writer Horton Foote gives a talk about how he made
〉Harper Lee's book into the screenplay. When he was getting ready for
〉writing, he had a meeting with Lee, and she said to him that Dill was
〉Capote, so he made Dill more like Capote, who was a noted man at the
〉time. And a boy actor who is truly looking like Capote did the part in
〉the moving picture, guiding Scout and Jem on the journey into the dark space.
I searched his name at Google and found a article about him at WIKIPEDIA.
It says they are lifelong friends. And it even says there were a rumor that TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD was written by him (but it was wrong.).
Now I'm looking forward to watch DVD. In fact I already had it for old movie that I bought at a bookstore near my working place by 500-yen recently.

Thank you for letting me know his name.
Knowing around the story is the fun part of reading books, isn't it?

See you.
Happy Reading!