To Kill A Mockingbird

Based on Harper Lee's 1961 classic novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is the 1962 film adaptation following Atticus Finch, a lawyer in a racially divided 1930's Alabama town. He agrees to defend a young black man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople are against Atticus defending Tom but Atticus decides to go ahead with the trial.

The story is told through the eyes of Atticus's daughter, six-year old "Scout", a feisty young girl who lives with her father and her older brother, Jem.

While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum, there are plenty of other occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with her older brother, Jem, her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris, her father's no- nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley, the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked.

I enjoyed the character of Scout. Since the story is told from her point of view, the situations are presented without adding an explicit opinion. The viewer is left to make sense of events and come to their own conclusion.

I enjoyed the character of Atticus Finch as well. He represents morality and kindness. He serves as a guiding light for his two children, always calm and patient. He allows them to come to the understanding that, although evil exists, one should not dwell on that but should instead realize that the existence of this evil is a sign that there is work to do, and progress to make.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a timeless classic. 

Lizzy   =)