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Post by kitsune on Jul 29, 2011 0:16:34 GMT -6
Who are some of your favorite characters from the books you've read?
I mentioned that my all time favorite book and movie is To Kill A Mockingbird and some of you expressed your appreciation for this wonderful story as well. Harper Lee gave all her characters such depth and humanity, it would be hard to choose one favorite, but Scout and Atticus were certainly the brightest stars IMHO.
When they decided to make a movie out of the book, they took a big chance they wouldn't do it justice, as is often the case when they try to condense a novel into a two hour big screen adaptation. Mary Badham (Scout) and Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch) and the others did not disappoint. They brought to life Harper Lee's tale of childhood innocence, small town life and the volatile combination of ignorance, poverty and prejudice.
This book was required reading for one of my High School courses and I remember becoming so engrossed, I couldn't put it down. I read it from cover to cover and still have the dog-eared paperback alongside the hard cover 40th Anniversary Edition on my bookshelf.
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Post by Shenanigan on Jul 29, 2011 0:21:29 GMT -6
I'm going to have to give this quite a bit of thought. I don't want to copy yours, but off the top of my head I'd have to say Atticus Finch.
I'll think on it and post another one.
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Post by someday on Jul 29, 2011 6:07:48 GMT -6
This has always been my all-time favorite book and movie! "To Kill A Mockingbird" is the only novel that Harper Lee ever published. I thought it took tremendous courage for her to write it, considering the politics of the deep south in the 1960s.
There are some parallels between the book and her own life, and I believe that Attitcus Finch was based in part on her image of her own father, who was a lawyer. Scout's friend Dill was patterned after Harper Lee's childhood friend, Truman Capote.
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Post by kitsune on Jul 29, 2011 19:17:11 GMT -6
Yes, you're right, Someday, I read TKAM was influenced by the events in Harper Lee's own childhood and a case her father tried in court. It's amazing that this Pulitzer Prize winner only wrote one book, although I heard she also wrote many short stories. Had it not been for the extreme generosity of a wealthy couple who gave her money to take a year off to write her novel, this wonderful book may never have been written.
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