To Kill a Mockingbird

I'm not even going to bother labeling this post with a Spoiler Alert warning. It's 53 years old.

I never knew what this book was about until I read it for my English class this year. I knew Time once listed it at #1 (above the Bible) on the list of the Most Influential Books of All-Time.

Now, I know it's an incredible story about not simply racism, but more death of innocence. Scout's journey through Atticus and Jem, Calpurnia and Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Bob Ewell. Her innocence dies, Jem's dies, Dill's dies, even Tom Robinson's dies.

I honestly loved this book because despite the depressing overtone, it was hopeful, meaningful, and edifying. I really cannot say much about it other than it's probably the best realistic fiction book I have ever read. I'm only sorry it took me so long to read it, but I suppose I had to mature. It would not have been as profound with even one ounce of the same impact if I read it at the age of seven.

It's lovely.

"People generally see what they're looking for, and hear what they're listening for." - Judge Taylor