To Kill A Mockingbird: A Popular Novel Book Review
"TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" BY HARPER LEE “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a popular novel written by Harper Lee on July 11, 1960. It was published during the civil rights movement to explore the consequence of hatred and prejudice. Ever since its publication on 1960, it became enormously popular up until today. In fact, it was voted as America’s number 1 best-loved novel in PBS’s Great American Read Survey. Also, it won a Pulitzer Prize. This novel is all about racism, transition and evolution from innocence to maturity, family challenges and awakening to the reality of life. The title itself gives a hint of what this novel is all about. Thus, it is a local belief that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird; for this bird is innocent and harmless. Personally, I love this novel so much. There’s a lot of lesson the reader can get, as well as it helps the reader to realized how the world works. Although it was written a long time ago, the lesson and the theme