To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee--Reader Response 2 of 4 (Tia)

Pages: 53-131

The beginning of “To Kill a Mockingbird” was dull and boring. As I continued to read, the story got more interesting and questions began to arise in my head. The story within the book was told by Jean Finch, who referred to herself as “Scout”. Scout lived with her father and older brother, Jem. Dill Harris was a friend of Scout’s and her brother who they only saw on summer vacation when Dill would visit. The three of them are constantly talking about “The haunted house”  which they seemed to be obsessed with. I can relate to this novel in a sense of social interactions. Like in Government; the Elite and Class theory which is based on how people and their money make them more privileged than others.  In schools too, there’s constantly a group that is considered the “popular” crowd and the rest are under them. Most people who are “on-top” of the “IN” list are normally cruel to others and constantly think that they’re better then them. Scout and her family, on the other hand, are exceptional characters who truly stand up for what they believe. Life at school for scout was not easy, because her and her family stood up for the blacks, also known as niggers in the book. I took into consideration that  where and when the setting takes place, wasn’t a diverse time period. The Scout family knows that Tom Robinson, a black man did not rape a girl, like he is currently accused of. Another major scene in the book was when Jem got frustrated and destroyed all of Mrs. Dubose’s bushes and as punishment, he had to go to her house and clean/work for her. Scout always came along and the both of them saw how bad Mrs. Dubose’ temper was.