Lessons Learned From To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” This was said by the very woman who wrote this amazing book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The book shows us so many lessons to be learned and so many characteristics that we need to have in our lives. Not only do we learn how to treat others and act towards others but it tells us the most amazing stories while still causing laughter in every sentence that we read. Theres nothing more tedious than reading hard books that just cannot be understood no matter how hard you try, and To Kill a Mockingbird is nothing like that, it is an easy amazing read. Through this book you will read amazing stories, deep mysteries, and hilarious settings.

Courage is one of the many amazing thing that this book portrays. It shows us to always stand up for what we believe in even if the world chooses to view it differently. Atticus does an amazing job at showing us this. To Kill a Mockingbird really shows us incredible things and can really go deep in what God would want us to do vs. what the world wants us to do and believe. So many lessons can be learned from simply reading this book, racism is a huge part of it and it has been amazing seing people stand up for the black men and woman and showing that it does not matter the color of
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Adding in mystery, humor, kindness and many other aspects that should be shown in life. This book is really one of the most incredible and best written books. One of my favorite quotes form the book, “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and i’d have the facts.” that has so much truth to it. The facts are, To kill a Mockingbird is a life changing story with so much thought and hard work written into it. Definitely one of my favorite books and definitely one of the best written. You will cease to forget the amazing stories and lessons it has

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