I have heard of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird for a long time. I just took it out from the bookshelf two days ago and found that I had met her.

The label above is enough to show its Excellence:

196 1 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Time Weekly1923 —— One of the Top 100 Novels in 2005

The Library of Congress lists it as one of 88 "books that shape America".

Books with the highest borrowing rate in American libraries

In addition, Obama has publicly given his daughter two books, and this book is one of them.

It is worth mentioning that harper lee, the author of this book, and truman capote, the famous one, are lifelong friends, and they have jointly completed the milestone of documentary literature In Cold Blood (I really want to revisit this book).

In this novel, Dill, who comes to Scoot every summer, is said to be based on Capote.

In fact, this is a novel that can have a great influence on the growth and soul of teenagers. This is beneficial and eternal.

In my opinion, this novel is awesome. It tells the story of her and her brother's growth from the perspective of a little girl Scoot. There are not only ordinary daily life full of childlike innocence, but also magnificent events that can affect their lives.

I am not that young, but I can reflect and think with them. Although my heart has become heavy, I am glad that when my heart is full of dust, there will be a breeze that will bring sober insight.

In this book, darkness and light coexist, and hardship and hope go hand in hand.

Because of the existence of ordinary people who always insist on justice, people feel that everything will get better and there is still a glimmer of hope.

Just like the ordinary father Ateeq in the novel, he can influence his children and make them grow into truly kind and brave people.

He told the children:

"Don't mistake guns for courage. Courage is knowing that you will lose before you start, but do it anyway and stick to it. You rarely win, but sometimes you win. "

Win or lose, persistence is victory. Even the faintest light can illuminate the darkness.

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"Courage" is the core of the novel, which not only shows the courage of a special era, but also expresses some eternal propositions beyond the times.

The story is set in 19C3OS, a small town in the southern United States, Mecom. The United States was experiencing the Great Depression (1929- 1933). Although slavery has been abolished in law, racial discrimination against blacks by whites still exists in poverty and is rampant.

Attix, the father in the book, is a fair judge, a loving father and a polite gentleman.

He is a beacon in the novel.

His white identity did not make him fall into racial prejudice, but his good education and kind nature made him go beyond his position and stand out from prejudice to defend the dignity of every life.

Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping Maiella ewell, a white woman, and faces the death penalty. Addicks defended him, so he became the target of public criticism.

The white people in the town said that he "spoke for the niggers". He was confused and ridiculed, so his children were ridiculed by their peers.

But in the court trial, he tore open the long-standing fig leaf, challenged everyone's prejudice and revealed the truth to everyone present. Although the jury composed of white people finally found the black man guilty, his sense of justice won the respect of all black people: when he left, the black people present stood up for him.

He lost a trial, but let every inch of air in the court become dignified, telling everyone who has experienced this trial what is truth and what is justice:

Everyone is equal above the court.

Only truth, not prejudice, is the standard of evil.

He didn't shake the solid mountain of prejudice, but at least he knocked on a tunnel leading to justice.

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Such a father, on the road of children's growth, sets an example and tells children that you have to do something not because everyone is doing it. Think about what is truth and what really needs to be adhered to before you do it.

"There is one thing that cannot follow the principle of conformity, and that is people's conscience."

Once you have something you think is right, stick to it bravely, even if failure is doomed.

But this is real courage.

The children did it. They didn't yield to anyone who satirized them. They trusted their father and gradually understood his pains: his father kept the purest and kindest part of childlike innocence for them.

Children's growing hearts are not affected by the prejudice in the world, just like Dee, a child in the book, will cry for the unfair treatment of blacks. This is a flash of humanity and conscience that still lingers, and it will cry for the suffering it has brought to people.

And those adults who choose to hurt others, have they ever been children who cry for others?

One sentence in the book made me feel ashamed:

"His nature has not been destroyed. When he is older, he won't feel sick and cry about it. It may shock him-it doesn't feel right, but he won't cry again, and he won't cry for it in a few years. "

Although Mo Yan said that when everyone is crying, someone should be allowed not to cry. In the face of other people's suffering, crying or not is not the only criterion to judge whether a person is kind or not.

But I admit, I have begun to lose this kindness touched by strangers. Many times, I don't care about public events, so I don't participate, discuss, and have no intention of making the world a better place.

So, I like this book very much. When I didn't realize the gradual loss of goodwill, it awakened my concern for the ego and began to think about bigger propositions.

This is a very real force.

If reading can lay a foundation for one's life, then I am really lucky to meet this book.

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On the surface, the robin killed by the title is Tom Robinson, a black man who died in vain. He is not the maker of evil, but he is doomed to die.

There is also Radley, who is regarded as a "freak". He lived in seclusion all the year round, but he became synonymous with "terror and evil". He is also such a "robin" who is treated unfairly.

In fact, they all have a kind heart, but they are hurt by the outside world because of their "different" identity or lifestyle.

I saw someone say that everyone has a "Radley House" in their hearts, which contains long-standing prejudice and disregard for the truth.

There is no doubt that it is this society's prejudice and rejection of dissidents that killed the robin.

And you and I are ordinary and kind robin in this social forest.

The confidence that the novel brings to people lies in that it tells the story of an ordinary person who has no power and what he should do in the face of so many ugliness in the world:

Don't give up resistance because you are weak, but stay alert to prejudice, stick to due principles and professional ethics in your post, and strive to make it a corner of justice in this huge society.

In this way, you can also be a small lamp to illuminate the darkness.

Just like this ordinary but great father in the novel, he found out every detail of the case, restored the truth, and let the infinite power of the truth itself win a glimmer of light for the world.

The father's greatest wisdom, besides pursuing justice, is that he is not in a hurry to condemn anyone. Even in the face of real criminals, he can see everyone's pain and difficulties and always think from the standpoint of others.

This is true kindness and decency, and it is also the premise for every robin to love another robin.

This also makes this novel look noble, and the readers who read it are all lucky people.