The Grind Was Real

To Kill A Mockingbird has got to be one of my favorite books of all time. I loved the characters and the entire story. The first page sounded boring since it was talking about how Jem broke his arm. To me, this sounded like the book would be mediocre, but oh was I wrong. We met many interesting characters like Boo Radley, Scout, and Tom Robinson. The book was much darker than I was expecting. However, I expected the death of a character because every book we have read has someone die. I learned many important life lessons and morals such as not judging somebody before stepping into their shoes. This lesson will always be me in my mind for the future because I'll use this for every single day of my life. My favorite character was definitely Tom Robinson even though he is no longer with us. He was the underdog of the trial, and everybody in class hoped he would make it out innocent. Of course the racism and ignorance of Maycomb defeated the jury, but it definitely removed the fear of a character dying... until Bob died. I was so hyped that the coward he was died because his previous actions annoyed me so much. Also, I just want to thank Boo for being clutch and saving Jem and Scout before they left us too. I was hoping Boo would finally make his appearance in the book. When he did, he did it in the best way possible. The final chapter of the book in my opinion was confusing. If Mr. Boyle did not explain what happened, I would probably be questioning the ending for a long time.

I would like to dedicate a mini countdown on the blog for the top three deaths of TKAM. Number 3, Tim Johnson. Even though we never knew his backstory besides him being owned by Mr. Johnson and having rabies, obviously. He had an honorable death by dying from One Eye Finch. Number 2, Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a great person in the book. The only thing bad about Tom is the reason for his death. If only Bob Ewell and Mayella had not accused him of rape, he would still be with his now-widow wife, and his fatherless children. I don't blame Mayella a lot for his death because Bob was the real reason. I just want to ask Bob, why would you cover up your daughter breaking a social code when nobody respects you anyway? Too bad he died. Finally, the moment you've been waiting for. I'll even use their full name. Number 1, To Kill a Mockingbird. Death by reading the last page. If you thought I was going to say Robert Ewell, he doesn't deserve to be on the list. Well that's it. Goodbye to this blog and goodbye TKAM.