Isn't it Novel? To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Of all the books I've read, I think I can safely go so far as to say that To Kill A Mockingbird is my all time favorite. This is saying something, because I have a tendancy to love most of the books I read. That's the reason why I could never tell you my all time favorite books without much deliberation. Too much deliberation, some might say. I just like alot of things. You could call me Mr. Bingley, we both have a tendancy to be over-eager in liking everything we come across. (See below for a fantastic theory!)

I read this book for the first time when I was thirteen, I think, and I loved it. It was mid summer holidays, I was lying on out trampoline and I fell in love with the story. Since then, I've read a few other books (Okay, few might be under-exaggerating slightly), but I still find myself coming back to it. The first time I read it I didn't clearly understand the more serious aspects of it, but the language and scene-depiction is so captivating that it kept me reading through the court room scene, though I didn't funny understand it.

It's funny that I never would have read the book if my uncle had not, years ago, never returned it to his school library. I guess I'm lucky to have stumbled across it, what with it being considered a modern classic and all.

Even if it wasn't considered a 'modern classic', I'd still love it. Theres something so nostalgic about Scout, Jem, Dill and Atticus that I just adore. And it's funny, I could never give you a precise reason as to why I love this book so much. I'm not even sure I could rattle off a list of parts that I love, seperating them from the rest as the better parts. It's just something you have to love as a whole.

And tell me, who doesn't love Boo Radley?

SIDE NOTE! I have a theory. A different theory, this time. I believe that the way people respond to things can be seperated into the characters of Pride and Prejudice. (Just think, Jane Austen depicts types of people so well, why do you think she's so well known still?).

Okay, so you have the Mr. Darcy Type. They are the ones who say 'no' as a reflex when faced with a quick decision. They are tentative of new things and new people, and are more likely to dislike things at first until they get used to them.

The Mr. Bingley type (which is me, and I'm sure, many others), are the ones who are instantly eager to like evrything, even if down the line they realise they don't like something as much as they first said. They are easily entertained, and eager to approve of and accept new things.

Next you have the Miss Jane Bennets. These people are genreally the ones who won't broadcast their opinions, either because they don't know completely, or they are rather shy, or have other reasons as to why they don't share their thoughts on new things.

If you look into the characters you'll see different types of people. Austen really is quite clever, though in an understated way.

Farewell, dear readers. Until we meet again, try sailing.