Boy, do I feel sorry for the copy I have; I vandalized it to no end.
But it was a good kind of vandalism! I promise! I was highlighting important passages!
Seriously, though, I absolutely love this book. I read it during my freshman year of high school, and I loved it from the start. I liked Scout and really liked Atticus, and the whole story was so brilliantly written. It's hard to believe that this is Harper Lee's only book.
Unlike most other books I read my freshman year, there wasn't a huge assignment we had to do in regards to the book. We did have to write a literary analysis paper, but my teacher gave us multiple options for our paper's subject, and I ended up getting a 94 on it. (I had the same English teacher my senior year, and she is probably the harshest grader I've had thus far, so a 94 is quite an achievement.)
This book was also unique because we actually got to watch its movie adaptation. (I believe it was the only time we saw a movie that was a direct adaptation of a book.) I really with I could say I liked the movie, but I didn't. It was okay, but it wasn't a good adaptation at all. Gregory Peck, of course, was amazing, but the movie left out so much amazing stuff from the book, and it really disappointed me.
I mainly picked To Kill a Mockingbird as my favorite required reading because it was the first time that a required book was both challenging and enjoyable to me. I think it's partly because of my teacher and partly because of Harper Lee's style. I'd recommend this book to anyone.
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