Somebody ought to say what it is. The reason for that is that in adult literary fiction, stories are there on sufferance. Other things are felt to be more important: technique, style, literary knowingness. Adult writers who deal in straightforward stories find themselves sidelined into a genre such as crime or science fiction, where no one expects literary craftsmanship. But stories are vital. The present-day would-be George Eliots take up their stories as if with a pair of tongs.
Most readers see Atticus Finch as a true hero. You know the way schools work. Most require teachers teach a certain number of books together as a class and then discuss them. Those community texts will number between two and eight a year.
They are nasty bullies. Live with a glut of them year 'round, year in and year out and you'll see. You'll also see the bird diversity in your neighorhood go down. Besides singing, they make some nasty fussing sounds over and over and over. Remember me. The words become part of a series, like "bite the dust" or "have a blast.
The first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird was as a student in the 8th grade. Memories are tricky, but as I recall we never talked about the title, or much else, in the book. The most memorable assignment my teacher gave us was to watch the film version on one of the local television stations. I suppose my teacher believed that watching someone else's vision of the book was safer than having us talk about the issues of race , class, discrimination, and justice it might raise during the heyday of desegregation battles in neighboring Boston.
Despite my teacher's neglect, To Kill a Mockingbird stuck with me. I had to speed up. As I got older and learned more, different scenes stuck. Scout confronting the lynch mob. Scout and Atticus on the porch talking about the upcoming trial. Originally she called the book Atticus. I'm happy she didn't stick with that one.
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