book review of TO KILL AMOCKING BIRD

Book review of “TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD” Recently, I’ve finished the book “TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD” by Harper Lee. This story is the first and the only novel of Harper Lee. It is about racial discrimination. Coincidently, it matches the recent events of anti-racial-discrimination around the world. So it makes me realize that racial discrimination is cruel and it is actually happening and hurting people on the weak side. The book really strikes me in the heart. The story is set in America during the Depression and it is about a white man Atticus Finch helped a black man Tom Robinson to defend the wrong accusation of raping a white girl. This unusual action was opposed by white men at that time when segregation was still going on. Some people insulted Atticus and his two children Jem and Scout for his helping the innocent black man. Though Atticus tried hard to defend for Tom, he failed to fight against the stereotype and discrimination. Tom got killed at last. Another story line of the book is about the relationship of an unwelcomed strange man Boo who never goes out and the two children. Unlike the others, the children saw him as a friend. And Boo saved the children’s lives when they were retaliated by Bob Ewell, the white girl’s father. Mocking bird refers to the innocent in the book, the Finches, Tom and Boo who hurt by discrimination. The story is sad but it wakes people to stand up and fight against discrimination and to reach for justice and equality. One opinion in the book impresses me a lot. That is everybody has his or her strength and weakness, and it is truth that some people are more talented in certain fields but some are born with disability. In this aspect, all men are not created equal. But there is one place where all men are created equal, it is the court. Court holds in esteem the concept of all men are created equal. Law should be humane and equitable. Recently, the demonstration of anti-racial-discrimination is carried on around the world. It reveals that racial discrimination is still a serious problem. There are people get frisked, even get killed, for no reason, or only for the color of their skin. It is sad to see people suffer for racial discrimination. We appeal for equality. There is no absolute equality in the world. Equality is not using the same standard to measure everyone and require everyone to share the same wealth, make the same contribution, or live the same life. It is respecting others to be different, understanding different standpoints, and including different life styles. The real equality is all people have the right to be themselves and would not be antagonized or discriminated against for being what they are. Even though every single person seems small facing the stubborn discrimination, we should all hold the belief to change it, because when we get together, the power of belief will be stronger than you can imagine.