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I have not touch "To Killing A Mockingbird" in years, but I still remembered the story. The story have been etched into my memory, and I considered as one of my favourites.

I read the book twice, once in Year 9 as a book report and again in Year 10 as critical essay. Who will ever forget Scout and Jem , and their reclusive neighbour, Boo Radley :-o .

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can you explain why you like this book to me? it didnt impress me really

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The book did not impress me either....... to me it seemed a bit too melodramatic and Americanized..... I only read it as I forced to (part of my English course)..

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i never read the book, but i saw the movie

i liked the way atticus (or however you spell his name) handled everything and defended a black man against charges that were obviously untrue, even if the townspeople would have just as soon have seen the black man punished because they didn't like him for being black.

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Thanks to storyteller. I got the book out of the library after reading your post and I'm enjoying it immensely. I saw the movie many many years ago and only have a vague recollection of it. But the book is really well written, the characters and the place are so vividly evoked. No wonder this is such a classic.

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Like storyteller, I enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird immensely even though I read it for a class also. Unlike most classical novels, I found it enjoying to read though if you ask me why, I don't think I'd be able to explain.

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Most of the books that I have read in class in high school, I didn't enjoy.

If you thought Attila and AxE thought TKinMb was bad, then you have read Hookes' Mountain (I can't remember the name of the author), Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck?), and Moby Dick. I have found these books terribly dull, compare with Lee's classic.

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I tried to read Moby Dick because it's such a well-known classic but I couldn't keep going past a certain point. I think I might have managed about 100 pages, but it's a long book and I couldn't bear to keep plodding through it.

To Kill a Mockingbird was originally refused by the first publisher that Lee approached. It was criticised for being just a lot of short stories that were barely connected. She was made to rework the whole thing with the help of an editor (ring bells, storyteller?) which took her about 2 years. I think that the short story style did stay on and that helps to make the book readable. Each chapter reads like an episode with a self-contained theme and storyline. Each chapter is satisfying.

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Well, I had to read the whole book, because it was part of my essay. How I got through it, I don't know. By the time, I had finished the book, I almost ran out of time, writing my essay. All I got out of it was a BIG FAT D!!!!

I you have to read an English classic, I recommend that skip Moby Dick!

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Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and Herman Melvil's Moby Dick were two books I read two years back...... I enjoyed them...... at the end of Of Mice and Men I wanted to turn on the water works and cry........ I read Moby Dick for my course work..... but I liked the book and Captain Ahab was a sourse of motivation and inspired me to an easyily earnt A......

A true classic reader does not skip books he finds the best in the books and manages to finish them and then feels good about it.....

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Well, I am glad that you enjoyed Moby Dick and got better mark than I did. I like reading classics, but some are harder to get through than others.

Most of my collection of classics belongs to ancient and medieval texts, mainly because of my interests in mythology and legends.

My interests in other classics, such as French and English literature have only just started. I've read half dozen or so, Gothic novels (Dracula, Frankenstien, Turn of the Screw, Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde), late last year, plus the volumous Don Quixote, which I have enjoyed thoroughly.

Since I have joined Free2Code, I have read The Hound of Baskervilles, The Three Musketeers. At the moment, I searching for some Jules Verne's books.

I got sidetracked when I was reading the Three Musketeers, because my sister lend me the Harry Potter's series.

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storyteller: Well, I am glad that you enjoyed Moby Dick and got better mark than I did. I like reading classics, but some are harder to get through than others.
Attila: yes some are a lot harder to read and some have bits that are very hard to grasp......

storyteller: Most of my collection of classics belongs to ancient and medieval texts, mainly because of my interests in mythology and legends.
Attila: for me, medieval texts are very hard to read.......

storyteller: Since I have joined Free2Code, I have read The Hound of Baskervilles, The Three Musketeers. At the moment, I searching for some Jules Verne's books.
Attila: around the world in 80 days, journey to the center of the earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea are some of Verne's books... easy to find

storyteller: I got sidetracked when I was reading the Three Musketeers, because my sister lend me the Harry Potter's series.
Attila: I just finished the order of the Phoneix

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Just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Great book.

It bears comparison with the music of Gustav Mahler: the high and the low are seamlessly woven together. High drama, lofty ideals, simple little story, a child's view. Funny, entertaining, serious, and ultimately enlightening. No wonder it's become such a great classic.

Thank you, storyteller. Now, can you advise me on another book of similar splendour?

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I am pleased that you enjoy To Killing A Mockingbird, Arizona. I like them for the same reason that you have mentioned. I may this read book again. I has been years since I touch it, but it was enjoyable to read it the first two times. I would probably appreciate it even more than I did back then.

At the moment, I can't think of any more back, because I am tired after getting my assessment from my training. It feels like I was undergoing an exam again. Not a pleasant feeling. Let me rest a bit I probably can think of some other books to recommend.

After the assessment I did yesterday, I treat myself to a new book and bought Jules Verne ("Journey to the Center of the Earth", but have only started the book before dinner tonight. So far it is very promising.

One of the strange thing I found was that they centigrade to fahrenheit. Can't the people just leave the book alone without changing the temperature reading.

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I hope your assessment went OK, storyteller. Enjoy the new book and don't worry about finding something to match To Kill a Mockingbird.

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hmm..after all this talk about the book, im feeling inclined to go out and get it myself to read. Its been years since i read it, and i think i need to refresh my memory somewhat.

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Might be better to watch the movie........ it did win an Oscar or two

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The movie was great, but I still think the book was better. It doesn't matter. If you don't want to read the book then enjoy the movie.

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why not read half of the book and watch half of the movie....... get the best of both

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the nearest I could get to half of 5 ...