Almost anyone who went to school in America had to read To Kill a Mockingbird at some point. It is a masterpiece of a book that raises the discussions of race, social inequality, and the coexistence of good with evil. I guess schools love making us read this book because they want to try to open our eyes to the similarities of this era and the mid-1950s.
To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the only books I actually enjoyed having to read for school because it wasn’t some wordy classic; instead, it held me captive with the mischief Scout and her brother, Jem, would get up to, along with the court trial which their father, Atticus, was a part of.
Flash forward a couple of years and all of a sudden there is now a sequel to this incredible book. Go Set a Watchman was written before Harper Lee, the author, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird yet it takes place twenty years later. Her publishers loved the recounts of Scout’s childhood so much that they wanted Lee to write about the rape trial and elaborate on some of the other memories instead of first publishing Go Set a Watchman.
Go Set a Watchman begins with Scout, now referred to as Jean Louise, on her way back home to Maycomb, Alabama. She’s twenty-five and currently living in New York. During her holidays she comes home to visit with her father, his sister, Alexandra, and her childhood friend and current boyfriend, Henry. However, on this trip home, Jean Louise was not expecting to uncover what she did.
Forced to see the world for what it really is, Jean Louise is shocked to learn that her father isn’t the person she thought he was. Will Jean Louise be able to accept this revelation or will it shatter her relationship with her family and loved ones? Go Set a Watchman causes you to ask all the hard questions and makes yourself questions your own beliefs.
I thought Harper Lee did a very good job with the telling of the story, though there were some unanswered questions towards the end that I would’ve liked to have seen play out. The first half of this book was also difficult to connect with but once I stopped comparing this book with To Kill a Mockingbird, I was able to appreciate Go Set a Watchman a whole lot more.
To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the only books I actually enjoyed having to read for school because it wasn’t some wordy classic; instead, it held me captive with the mischief Scout and her brother, Jem, would get up to, along with the court trial which their father, Atticus, was a part of.
Flash forward a couple of years and all of a sudden there is now a sequel to this incredible book. Go Set a Watchman was written before Harper Lee, the author, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird yet it takes place twenty years later. Her publishers loved the recounts of Scout’s childhood so much that they wanted Lee to write about the rape trial and elaborate on some of the other memories instead of first publishing Go Set a Watchman.
Go Set a Watchman begins with Scout, now referred to as Jean Louise, on her way back home to Maycomb, Alabama. She’s twenty-five and currently living in New York. During her holidays she comes home to visit with her father, his sister, Alexandra, and her childhood friend and current boyfriend, Henry. However, on this trip home, Jean Louise was not expecting to uncover what she did.
Forced to see the world for what it really is, Jean Louise is shocked to learn that her father isn’t the person she thought he was. Will Jean Louise be able to accept this revelation or will it shatter her relationship with her family and loved ones? Go Set a Watchman causes you to ask all the hard questions and makes yourself questions your own beliefs.
I thought Harper Lee did a very good job with the telling of the story, though there were some unanswered questions towards the end that I would’ve liked to have seen play out. The first half of this book was also difficult to connect with but once I stopped comparing this book with To Kill a Mockingbird, I was able to appreciate Go Set a Watchman a whole lot more.