Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Joanne's Blog on "To Kill A Mockingbird"

1. I recommend you read this book for these two reasons:
Personally really recommend this book even though everyone is going to read it later this year. "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee tells me the reality of social inequality. Back at that time people treated colour people differently than treating Caucasians. As well as it influences me that how amazing Atticus tried all he could do to help a black slave at that time. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This quote was written inside the story and was told by Atticus (protagonist) in chapter 3. This quote inspires me a lot that we should look inside of a person and then judges him or her, rather than judging the appearances of a person.

5. In a movie based on this book, I would choose this piece(s) of music played this way for a particularly significant moment (explain) and why:
At the end of the story when Scout (the protagonist and narrator) finally met the mysteries Boo Radley and went back home reunited with her family with peace and going to have a new start of everything. I would choose a song called “Dawn” by Dario Marianelli played at the end of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. “Dawn” was played in the movie “Pride and Prejudice” in 2005. The music “Dawn” shows joy and new fresh start. For me the word dawn represents a new start of everyday. In addition, the name of the music fits the end of the story which it indicated a new start for the Finch family.

2 comments:

deanna blasingame said...

In what ways did Atticus try to help the colored people? Also, in what ways did other citizens treat him by trying to help the colored people?

Joanne said...

Because one of the black men did something in the story so Atticus was his lawyer who tried to help him in the court house(you will know what actually happened later this year). Well I think I shouldn't said the other citizens try to help the black man, too. The only Caucasians who were on the black people side were the Finch Family. Their only hope were all on Atticus. And what happened at the end of court house... you will find out later.