I have now finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. There are many obvious lessons to be learned from this wonderful book; however, I want to look at a less obvious one. The character of Aunt Alexandra is an immensely unlikable person. She is Atticus Finch's sister. All that seems to matter to her is keeping up appearances. Then there is a point in the novel in which Tom Robinson is killed, and it tears Atticus up. For an instance, he seems defeated. Now, Aunt Alexandra did not support Atticus in his decision to defend Tom Robinson who is a black man. She seemed to think that it was giving their family a bad name. Her reaction to Tom's death is unexpected. She is shaken, and she is angry. She sees what it is doing to her brother, and she can't stand it. This teaches us that people are three-dimensional. There is a reason for the way they act, and there is usually more to them than meets the eye. Although Aunt Alexandra did many things that makes the reader cringe, it turns out she does truly care for her family. She only does what she does only because she believes it is what is best for them. This lesson can be summed up by the old cliche, "Don't judge a book by its cover."
Reading log:
Tuesday: 9 pm -9:30 pm
Wednesday: 10:15 pm - 10:40 pm
Friday 1 pm - 1:30 pm
No comments:
Post a Comment