Elene Gogitidze – My favorite book

When someone asks me about a book, which taught me a lot and made me think about different topics, the first book that comes to my mind is my favorite novel-’’To Kill Mockingbird’ ’by American author Harper Lee.

This book is one of the enormously popular, best-known, and widely read books. ’’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, during the great depression. The main characters are Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, her brother Jeremy  (“Jem”)Finch, and their widowed father, Atticus Finch. When Tom Robinson, one of the town’s Black residents, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, Atticus agrees to defend him despite threats from the community. ’’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ is both a young girl’s coming-of-age story and a darker drama about the roots and consequences of racism and prejudice, probing how good and evil can coexist within a single community or individual. Unfortunately, the story ends in a fatal way that makes you feel blue, but it keeps a lot of the main ideas. It includes loads of significant and actual topics such as racism, injustice, equality, attitude forward to people, etc…

I would love to mention that Atticus Finch is my idol. I want to say a few examples of why I consider him an iconic adult. First of all, he has a special style of treatment for his children. He treats them as adults, answers all questions, and explains every detail. Second of all, I respect him because he stood against injustice and society; even though he got a lot of criticism, he didn’t give in and did his best to protect Tom Robinson. Therefore, he is qualified for his job.  Third of all, Throughout the novel, Atticus teaches the children about empathy and how to view situations from different people’s perspectives instead of judging them harshly. Eventually, he is very brave because he didn’t afraid of saying his different thoughts, opinions, and views.

Atticus said: ’Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them, but remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird’’ He associated the mockingbird with Tom Robinson. Atticus Thought over that society did a huge sin by accusing Tom falsely.

Finally, if you want to get aware of living in the 20^th century and relationships between people, I completely advise and recommend you to read this book and get a load of pleasure.

Author: Elene Gogitidze