To Kill a Mockingbird

When I heard that we had to read this book during the summer, I wasn't looking forward to it at all. I mean just reading the title makes me want to toss this book aside and read something else that's more of my taste. But I still had to read it and I managed to read the first half in a day. After reading some parts of this book, I could definitely say that it's totally not what I thought it would be like;I thought this book would be some book on prejudice, but it is far from it. Jean Louise Finch, the narrator of this story, tells the tale of her life as it keeps going. All her life its always been her dad, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and her maid, Cal, living in their sleepy town called Maycomb.
Because Jean Louise, or Scout, never had a mother figure in her life to tell her what a lady should dress like and how one should act like, she's kind of like a tomboy. Jem and their summer friend, Dill, are her only playmates, so that's easily understandable. Scout's also intelligent, so when she went to school for the first time, her teacher punishes her for it. But she can't help liking the subject of reading so that's how Atticus gets her to stay in school by compromising with her. In fact she will do anything for her dad because her dad never asks her to do much for him. Atticus is very respectable man;people respect him because he's such a wise and calm soul. He also is a fair guy and in the story, he tries to stand up for a guy nobody likes or trusts because of skin color. At that time people started to disrespect him for that and Atticus tells his children not to mind it because the thoughts of other people shouldn't matter. But that doesn't stop Scout punching her relative, Francis, one Christmas day;she must've been really angry because the other times if something happen like that happend, she would've just walked away.Her brother, Jem, also stops her when she's about to beat someone up. Jem plays a huge role in her life because he's Scout's playmate. What they do for fun reminds me of what my sister, Carina, and I did for fun when we were little. I was practically jumping out of my couch when I was reading the part where they sneaked into the Radleys residence with Dill! Talk about your sticky situation! Especially when Jem got his pants stuck in the fence and had to come back for them;that was soo scary i thought he was a goner! Carina and I have been through alot of sticky situations but none like this. This is definitely a highlight of the book.

I guess you can say that I'm a little excited to read the rest of the book. I'm not gonna lie when I say this, but like I actually got confused a little bit in the beginning especially whether or not the narrator was a boy or girl because of the way Harper Lee, the author, wrote this book. But otherwise this book is kinda good and I'm just anticipating the moment the kids meet Boo Radley (if ever of course).