#39246 - Mon Apr 23 2001 04:22 PM
It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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So says Aticus, in the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird". I'm sure quite a few of you have read it... What are your opinions? Do you see any cause for its banning? PS: What was the narroarts nickname? It's right on the tip of my tongue, but I can't think of it. Sport can to mind, but that didn't sound right.....
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#39247 - Mon Apr 23 2001 05:47 PM
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The narrator is SCOUT..and it's a wonderful, WONDERFUL book! You stopped me cold with the question about the book being banned--BANNED? Where/why? I can't imagine for the life of me why anyone could object to the tender family love story and the lessons it teaches. Did you know that the character of the boy who comes to visit (can't remember his name) is based on Truman Capote as a child?
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#39249 - Mon Apr 23 2001 07:27 PM
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Just did some research on my own and found a site on banned books: http://www.bb.com/BBBanned.cfm Here's what they say about the book... "To Kill A Mockingbird" - By Harper Lee
Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race relations. Challenges: Eden Valley, Minnesota, 1977 (temporarily banned); Vernon-Verona-Sherill, New York, School District, 1980; Warren, Indiana, township schools, 1981; Waukegan, Illinois, School District, 1984; Kansas City, Missouri, junior high schools, 1985; Park Hill (Missouri) Junior High School, 1985. Protested by black parents and NAACP in Casa Grande (Arizona) Elementary School District, 1985.
(Sorry Reanz, but haven't yet found out about your original question why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird!!) 
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#39250 - Mon Apr 23 2001 07:36 PM
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HI!! It's me again!! Well, I found this site for the answer to your question: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/6317/symb.html It says: "It is said that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds do not hurt anyone or anything." Hope that helps 
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#39251 - Mon Apr 23 2001 08:49 PM
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Did you know that the character of the boy who comes to visit (can't remember his name) is based on Truman Capote as a child?
His name was Dill. TKAM was on yesterday. I watched it again - it'd been a while. It was just as wonderful then as it ever was. It's Gregory Peck's favorite movie. And, given all the ones he's done, that's saying a lot.
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#39252 - Mon Apr 23 2001 10:15 PM
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I think it is truly sad that books like "To Kill a Mockingbird" can even be considered for banning. Harper Lee's use of dark satire clearly illustrates her distaste for racial prejudice and the ideal of the understanding that all men are created equal. Why ban books that teach us not to hate? 
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#39253 - Tue Apr 24 2001 11:35 PM
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Why do people want to ban it? All it does is to show what prejudices people in a society might have held, and a child's view of it. I read it at school for my English class, and no one complained about it. I don't really see what the problem is.
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#39254 - Tue Apr 24 2001 11:35 PM
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Why do people want to ban it? All it does is to show what prejudices people in a society might have held, and a child's view of it. I read it at school for my English class, and no one complained about it. I don't really see what the problem is.
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#39255 - Tue Apr 24 2001 04:10 PM
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My original question was not why it was a sin to kill a mockingbird, but rather what all of you who had read it thought about it. I thought it was a wonderful book, beutifully written. The whole flashback between adult/child was a fabuluos way to convey the message that Lee to (or so it seems to me) get across. To quote Terry, "Book banning is unconstitutional and should be challenged." I counldn't agree more. 95% of the time, I can't understand why the book are banned/challenge. The ALA's page to book banning. Some of you may be interested in the above page. To Kill A Mockingbird was on the Top Ten list of most frequently challenged books of 1999 (it wasn't there this year, though.)
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#39256 - Tue Apr 24 2001 08:18 PM
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(SIGH) The "thought police" are ALWAYS out there, making sure you and I don't get to read books THEY think are questionable! Never, EVER let them decide for you what's "good" literature! (Or ''good music'' or ''good art'' or ''good wine'', etc.)
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#39257 - Sat Apr 28 2001 01:20 AM
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Just a little note, off topic. I read somewhere that there is a group of people trying to prove that Truman Capote actually wrote it. I thought you guys that are really interested might want to look into this. I'd find the site, but, hey, I'm lazy and not overly concerned with it..
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#39258 - Sun Apr 29 2001 01:10 AM
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Hell, if "Huck Finn", "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", and "Harry Potter" can be banned, why not "To Kill a Mockingbird"? I for one, look forward to the eventual irony of "1984" being banned. It's sure to happen somewhere.
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#39259 - Sat Feb 02 2002 03:57 PM
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Wait a second, it's BANNED?!? Why exactly...I don't see any reason for banning it. It's a great book...if they should ban anything it should be Catcher in the Rye. The guy cusses at least once in every single sentance. Eventually he runs out of cuss words and uses the same ones over and over...it's annoying 
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#39260 - Tue Feb 05 2002 05:22 PM
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We read "To Kill A Mockingbird" at school and I absolutely loved it. It was one of those books that absolutely moves you, and you need to know how it progresses. And as far as the banning thing goes (for anything, really), people really need to know why they are banning something before they do it. Mockingbird is a book that may have a brutally honest truth, but it's message is pure.
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