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When I began reading the book i was apprehensive about finding it boring in halfway through and possibly abandoning it there-but those fears were put to rest as the story took it's grip over me and stormed my imagination with the imagery of the quite and quaint little county of Maycomb where nothing apart from the ordinary ever happened! The narrative took me to the that very town in Alabama-I could feel the change in temperature as summer gave way to autumn and to a weak winter and so forth,I could smell the lane cake Ms.Maudie baked,I could hear Ms.Crawford gossiping with Mr.Avery-calling it vivid is an understatement! Then it was clear from the beginning that the Finch children were not the ordinary kind-Scout could read and comprehend the newspapers meant for adults and the Jem was well versed in legal proceedings as well as any adult in Maycomb! Yet there was something innately innocent about the duo,their naivete with respect to the actions of the adults. Dill was a character worth adoration-when he cries at the trial as Mr.Gilmer questions Tom Robinson is heart-rending! His maniacal imagination shines through the book-like his description of Boo Radley feasting on squirrels and cats,and how Scout,Jem,Dill and Atticus fended off a mob of hundreds bare-handed! The different characters of the book all are lovable,or atleast they can be sympathised with-Calpurnia is one of those characters that needed some more space in the novel. The many characters in the novel would take another novel to describe individually but Ms.Maudie, Aunt Alexandra,Mr.Underwood,Sheriff Heck Tate,Ms.Caroline,Judge Taylor,Mr.Gilmer,Mr.Raymond,et al are unforgettable. One cant help feel bad for Mayella-she wanted someone to love,her only mistake being her accusation of Tom taking advantage of her. The death of Tom took me by surprise even though I did not expect any better. Finally,all i can say is that 'To Kill....' is one of the best books I have read so far-honest,unrelenting-a true picture of an era of oppression and also the confounding behaviour humans with others as seen through the innocent eyes of a child! Just amazing,and poignant...

2022-10-15 03:16