I told her the yules (sp?) Accused tom of attacking maella (sp? Again.cut me some slack, it was the audio! ) and she was satisfied with that. And she has read it twice since, the narrative voice is so appealing and real.Ībout the rape.thats what i was concerned about. Now, I cried like 8 times, she didn't get a lot of the tragedy or poignancy but she loved the adventures of Scout and Jem. She learned so much from the book about history, empathy, human nature, and justice. I listened to the audio with my 10 year old (Sissy Spacek read it, yes please!!) Everyone thought she was too young.

The audiobook read by Sissy Spacek is also note-perfect. The 1962 film version starring Gregory Peck is one of those rare films that truly does justice to the original book. The children in the novel learn powerful lessons about the impact of poverty and prejudice, and the importance of empathy, and so will those who read this classic. Profanity includes 'damn,' 'bastard,' and 'son-of-a-bitch.' The 'N' word and '('N'-word)-lover' is used liberally by some residents of Maycomb as if it's perfectly commonplace, and by others as a weapon. Some of this violence is whiskey-fueled, as well. There's some threatened and real violence in this Pulitzer Prize winner: A man breaks a child's arm a rabid dog is shot and killed there is a stabbing death the children and their father, Atticus Finch, confront a lynch mob and the court case at the center of the novel involves a Black man who's been accused of raping and beating a white woman. Their youth and innocence contrasts with the prejudice, cruelty, and poverty they often observe. The narrator, 6-year-old Scout Finch, and her brother Jem and their friend Dill play children's games, but they also have a clear view of the adults in their world. The story takes place in Depression-era Alabama, in the fictional town of Maycomb, which Lee patterned after her own hometown of Monroeville. Parents need to know that Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird addresses the terrible impact of racism in America through a little girl's point of view.

Scout smells stale whiskey on a man's breath.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Bob Ewell is said to spend his relief checks on green whiskey, letting his children go hungry. A man named Dolphus Raymond is believed to be the town drunk, because he drinks something hidden in a paper bag, but it turns out to be a bottle of Coca-Cola.

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