Harper Lee has died at age 89

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/19/2016 at 11:33 • Filed to: None

And if you haven’t read To Kill a Mockingbird , then your life is not complete. Go read it.

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DISCUSSION (25)

TheHondaBro > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:35

I read it three times. To be honest, it didn’t do much for me. Sad to see her pass though. She was a fantastic writer.

DanimalHouse > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:36

True. That book was a revelation to me in high scool.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:37

That’s the one book I was supposed to read in high school that I actually finished. It is an amazing novel. I can’t say the same for Go Set a Watchman .

ttyymmnn > DanimalHouse
02/19/2016 at 11:37

I only read it about 5 years ago. Atticus Finch is the father I always wanted to be.

ttyymmnn > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/19/2016 at 11:39

I have no intention of reading Watchman . I think there’s a reason it was never published, and I think its publishing was a cash grab by unscrupulous care givers of Ms. Lee. Wait until you’re a father (you may already be one) and then read it again.

DanimalHouse > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:40

Kinja'd!!!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:41

I haven’t finished it and I don’t plan on finishing it. It is nothing but dialogue.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:41

Don’t read Go Set A Watchman.

ttyymmnn > DanimalHouse
02/19/2016 at 11:41

Atticus Finch was too humble to be Superman.

ttyymmnn > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
02/19/2016 at 11:42

I don’t plan to.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:44

we read it at school, it moulded me into the man I am today.

life changer, literally.

Nibby > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:45

boo

radley

ttyymmnn > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/19/2016 at 11:45

The one book that I read in HS that I was supposed to read was Slaughterhouse 5. That book absolutely blew me away. I failed the class, but the tattered paperback copy from HS is still on my bookshelf. If you haven’t, you should read Vonnegut’s letter to his parents after his release as a POW. He was in Dresden for the horrible bombing by the Allies near the end of the war.

DanimalHouse > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 11:46

Ha, that’s true.

Anyway, I’m very glad Harper Lee was able to live a long life and give us the gift of To Kill A Mockingbird. She touched many lives through her work.

ttyymmnn > Nibby
02/19/2016 at 11:46

boo

hoo

Roadster Man > Nibby
02/19/2016 at 11:50

Dammit i only clicked on this to make a comment that said “BOOOOOO RADLEY”

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
02/19/2016 at 11:54

Couldn’t finish it. I shouldn’t have started it.

JeepJeremy > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 12:08

Tequila Mockingbird.

AuthiCooper1300 > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 12:19

Some letter. Many thanks indeed for the link.

ttyymmnn > AuthiCooper1300
02/19/2016 at 12:22

My pleasure. It’s a very powerful piece of history. From what I’ve read, the bombing of Dresden, just three months before VE Day, was absolutely unnecessary. JFC Fuller called it “an act of vandalism,” and “Mongoloid destruction.” Fuller wasn’t a very big fan of “strategic” bombing.

jariten1781 > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 12:38

Read it in the last 10ish years on my quest to knock out every Pulitzer Fiction winning novel. It isn’t one of my favorites. The story is very compelling but the dissonance of having a young child use eloquent adult prose, or alternatively having an adult remember the level of inconsequential details expressed is too jarring. I’m actually quite surprised it won.

That said, it’s still a great read and due to its status as a cultural touchstone it should be on folks reading dockets.

ttyymmnn > jariten1781
02/19/2016 at 12:41

Interesting criticism. It’s been a long time since I read it, but I was not bothered by Scout’s observations, and considering how she grew up with her father, they did not feel out of place. I just about dropped the book when I figured out who the Mockingbird is.

jariten1781 > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 13:13

Yeah, from what I understand it was very heavily edited to the point some folks believe the editor should have instead been credited as a co-author. In the early part Scout has that whole pissing match with her teacher where you discover she’s a precocious autodidact. I almost guarantee that was added by the editor solely to address the criticism I levied. It didn’t work for me.

Also, I was only commenting on why I was surprised it won the Pulitzer, not trying to say it was a poor novel. It’s a very compelling read, has very good characterization, and has a unique place in American literature. I actually wonder how I’d look on it if I’d initially read it in high school...I imagine I’d think it was a masterpiece...but I read it between ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ and ‘Lonesome Dove’. Three very different novels from different times (all exceptionally good); Mokingbird just felt a tier lower as a whole work.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
02/19/2016 at 14:00

Read which again?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
02/19/2016 at 14:16

Mockingbird