Nowadays, many schools in the nation are dropping To Kill a Mockingbird from the curriculum in favor of more” modern” literature. This is not right!
As our society put away this book, I must tell you why those schools dropping this book. The reason is very simple, seemingly, it is because this book has some racial problem factor. And people think, today, racial problem has already been solved. People no longer need learn how to face it. But this is all wrong, so instead of reading this boring book, why don’t why find something more fashion, this world need more fashion, right? But this is wrong! And I will tell you why.
People must face a problem, seeking a balance point between material life and spiritual life. But we can notice this balance already been broken. People has material life more then spiritual life, this is scary, because this when people lost spiritual pursuit, they will become complacent, complacent about themselves , complacent about this society. So automatically, lots of problem s will be ignored, and racism is one of this. So people would say” Oh we no longer need discuss this issue, this problem has no longer exist.” And this is actually very dangerous, the truth is, the issue still exist, and compare with 100 years ago, today is the day that we can truly solve this problem. And today is the day that we can teach our children how to face this problem. So we can’t throw away all those treasure literature, we must read it, read it ourselves and read it to our children.
Atticus and Tom Robinson
And this is just one of the reason that why high school should not drop this book.
This book published in 1960, it was immediately successful and winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and character are loosely based on author’s observation of her family and neighbors. And has been wrote from a 10 years girl’s view. The language in this book is warm and beautiful and the description on details is perfect. This book is not only a book about racism, in this book, you will find the lots of truths about humility, the beauty of humility and the ugly of humility. Harper Lee used her amazing satire language and magical rhetoric to show us a vivid world that hided lots of humility truth. And every time you read it you can learn something new. To Kill a Mockingbird is absolutely a rare masterwork in American literary history. We should not throw it away from as, especially in the critical moment of America.
Harper Lee
Scout Finch
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