Book review

Recently, I read the book named “To Kill the Mocking Bird.” Though I read it because our final exam of introduction to novel requires it, I get a lot of reflection after reading.

It talks about the life of Jem, Scout, and Atticus Finch and the people in their neighborhood. The most important issue is discusses is the coexistence of good and evil and the problem between the black and white. Jem and Scout often regard a person good if he or she doesn’t show any evil to them and consider somebody bad if there is somebody speaks ill of them. Kids often see the things from the surface but don’t explore its inner value. Therefore, they would have the misconception before they really know somebody. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, teaches them that you have to put yourself into other’s shoe, then, you will be able to see thing much clear than ever.

Though the law tells us that everybody is born equal, there is still the existence of social inequality. In the novel, Atticus defends for an innocent Negro against a sinful white people, everybody in town knows his notorious fame. However, at the end, the Negro is still convicted guilty by the jury. What if he is a white, and then the situation would be totally different. This kind of phememnon also exists within our modern society. The rich gets greater power. The politician gets greater influence. We have no way but to accept it since this situation has been hereditary from time to time. We people just have to behave well and do what we should do. Then, we need not to afraid of any threat