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Black lives don't matter to Atticus Finch *Spoiler alert*
    #22183918 - 09/03/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

So, I've been reading "Go Set a Watchman" (GSW) by Harper Lee. It is like a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird" (TKM). But, it was actually written before TKM.

Anyway, for those of you unfamiliar with TKM, Atticus is a lawyer in Alabama in the 1930's. He gets a case where he defends a black man that was falsely accused of raping a white girl. In the end the black man get's convicted. But, the real rapists gets shamed and eventually killed.

The book was published in 1961 during the civil rights movement and it is generally accepted as a classic piece of literature that addresses civil rights issues.

Fast forward 20 years to the 1950's and this is when the original book, GSW, takes place. I haven't finished it yet. But, at this point Atticus is attending anti-black meetings and reading anti-black literature. He also accepts a case to defend a black man in a homicide/manslaughter on the sole grounds that he doesn't want the NAACP to get the case.

It is kind of crazy because of the reputation TKM has. Not to mention TKM is required reading for virtually every middle school student in the USA. I'm kind of disappointed to find out that Atticus is really just a bigot underneath. I guess it is more fitting than the idealistic crusader for black rights that he was viewed as in TKM.

What do you guys think?


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Re: Black lives don't matter to Atticus Finch *Spoiler alert* [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22183942 - 09/03/15 05:24 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

It has been a long time since I read To Kill a Mockingbird but I seem to remember Lee dropping a few hints as to the true views of Atticus Finch.


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Re: Black lives don't matter to Atticus Finch *Spoiler alert* [Re: MorphinTime]
    #22184045 - 09/03/15 05:51 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

The release of this book happened at an interesting time too, considering all the strife with police and black people.


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