To Kill A Mockingbird

Now that I have completed reading the book, I realize things that I had not realized before. In the beginning of the story, I was not sure where it was headed, it could have gone any direction. The author seems to use her life experiences, and put them into this book. According to her date of birth, she was the same age as Scout at that period of time. It looks like she uses personal life lessons in her book. I also see the way she mentions how Atticus lets the jury know the basic information of the witness, so the jury can make a better educated choice. In this, she seems to explain to me why the beginning had me so lost. She was giving us the background of the life of Scout. This would help make things more clear eventually. This book has shown me a different childhood than my own, and a community that is tightly knit. Boo Radley turns out to ironically be the person to save Scout and Jem's lives rather than the person ending them. Atticus is a very important figure in the lives of Scout and Jem. Jem looks towards his father and tries his best to be like him, while Scout takes all the advice from Atticus to help her become a better person. Atticus is a person that has an interesting look on life, and he puts many things into a different perspective than I would have ever thought about. If I were able to talk to any of the characters in the book it would probably be Atticus, he seemed to be the most knowledgeable and he had a great way of knowing what to do in bad situations. I am very sad tat the book has ended and I will never get to see what Scout does in her future, but I am sure I will never forget this book.