Summer Reading Response

     Over the summer, one of my favorite books that I read was, "To Kill A Mockingbird." I really enjoyed this book because I learned a lot from it. One of my favorite things about the book is that you can read it at almost any age and still understand it. Even if you are 40 years old, you can still learn a lot from it, and it seems like you get more out of it every time you read it. Also something I found interesting was that even if it is a book that can teach you a lot about writing, the book can also teach things about history. In fact, "To Kill  Mockingbird" would be a perfect book to read if you were focused on learning about the south in the 1930's.  Another thing I learned from this book was how different it was in the southern part of America then. For example, When Scout and her father, Atticus were talking about the trial about Tom Robinson, they mentioned that it was a law that all people guilty for rape were charged with the death penalty in the state of Alabama. I knew that the south was a horrible place to live then, with completely unfair rules, but I didn't expect them to be that bad. Another thing that I learned form "To Kill A Mockingbird" was the different writing styles. I noticed that throughout the book the perspective changed between older Scout telling it from the past, and younger Scout telling it from the present. All and all, Harper Lee is a great story teller that can write books that teach you all sorts of things.