today i completed reading the novel “to kill a mocking bird“. i have been reading novels for almost two years now but had never come across such a book like this. while reading it i felt as if my school days are back again.
as i have already mentioned the book won the pulitzer award in 1960. when i searched the book details on wiki i found that the story is somewhat autobiographical and it is no surprise since one can feel it in every word, every page of the book.
there is also some controversy related to the book, one of Lee’s friend had once indirectly claimed that this was his work. Lee wrote nothing notable after “MOcking..” which seems to vindicate his claim. but as far as i see it a book like “mocking…” can happen only once a liftime just as you have only one childhood.
climax seems to be fitting brilliatly to the theme of the book. i am looking forward to watching the movie based on the novel. as i have heard there has never been a movie reflecting as much close to the book as this.
my favorite character in the novel is Atticus. his charisma is all over the book. i had never come across such a character anywhere, the nearest that is coming to my mind now is howard roack’s character in “the fountainhead“. and again the writer is a lady, i guess women are better at creating such stronger characters.