To Kill a Mockingbird, a Tribute to a Classic

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird we asked Fictionista Workshop readers to tell us what the book meant to them and what they would say to Harper Lee given the opportunity.

Belli486 had this to say:

What does the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, mean to you? What significance does it hold?

To Kill a Mockingbird can be considered a metaphor for my life.  Growing up in the south on the heels of Jim Crow, I was fascinated by the world that Ms. Lee created in this story.  She paints a picture of life during the depression and of southern social mores that didn’t change much for me while growing up in the Mississippi Delta until circa the 1980′s.  Her handling of racial prejudice and the overarching theme of good versus evil is nothing short of a masterpiece.

What would you ask or say to Harper Lee if you had the opportunity?

I would thank her for writing an honest portrayal of southern life through the eyes of a child, and her sensitive handling of race relations during a turbulent time.

Thank you Belli486 for sharing with us.

belli486 can be found on twitter as belli486

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