To Kill A Mockingbird

Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Translator: Femmy Syahrani
Editor: Berliani Mantili Nugrahani
Publisher: Qanita
Mold: I, March 2006
Bold: ix 568 hlm

Human very easily prejudiced against each other. Brand had a bad inherent in personal or group of people will continue to take them their whole life. Although many positive things they have done, but the prejudices of poor people will remain as they are considered private or group of poor, and removed.

Novel Harper Lee classic works of this relate how bad the general prejudice against the private or community groups in particular are not fully correct. In fact, from the buruklah had considered the values of humanity and genuine affection grows.

This novel recounts the life term boyhood two brothers do not tell, jam and Scouts. The story ranges in Maycomb County, Alabama, in the year 1930's. Maycomb County is a small city where almost all of the residents know each other. In this city live jam besama Scouts and their father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb County, and a helpmate their black skin, Calpurnia.

Scout, a woman tomboi children aged 8 years old, is the speaker in this story; all the stories and views expressed by angle viewpoint. The early chapters of this novel relate how the jam, Scouts, and their friend, Dill, trying to pick on Boo Radley, neighbors strange that they almost never out of the house. All the people of Maycomb that Boo Radley is a mysterious figure; various rumor circulating egregious and bad wrap Boo, so the house and yard Boo become the most excruciating for the children. Every time they pass through the family Radley yard, they should run or a detour for fear of meeting with Boo.

But for Dill, locals Boo has become a game that mengasyikan. He, together with jam and Scouts, creating a kind of game to make fun of the family Radley, from the drama that they create their own reefs, up to the challenge to pick on Boo touch with the Radley house door, it seems that anyone who would dare to touch unlucky.

Scouts and fun jam terusik when their father became a barrister black youth, Tom Robbinson, who are accused of memerkosa white girl named Mayella Ewell. For the people of Maycomb, black residents are second-class citizens who are considered pariah and prejudices always get worse as the skin color that people always create problems. Criticism came in the Finch family from all over the city. Scouts and jam did not escape derision from friends who said their father is a lovers' nigger '. Not only from the surrounding environment, Atticus also get a challenge from their own sister, Alexandra, who was then living with them.

Although much criticism and challenges, Atticus still go. Tom Robinson as a lawyer, bringing with wise Atticus and Scout jam that they need not feel ashamed because I defend a black youth, he even suggested that the Scouts conserve and still run by 'upholding the head "and did not reply to them with violence if they receive cemoohan again.

The court case is to get the most attention from peduduk town Maycomb, I missed the jam and take Scouts attend. Atticus raised the standard with various facts, that can not be denied, that clients are not guilty, but a waste fuji but for the people of Maycomb; prejudice against poor people fuji can not be broken by a number of facts. From here the small Scout who directly process the court is to see that life is not just black and white. That prejudice is often blind man so that justice can not be the perfect position.

Characters captivate Harper Lee created in this novel. Scout leaders and the tomboi become plain interesting because of the angle pandangnyalah whole story in the novel is built. Smoothness and courage Scouts even able to save the lives of his father sekawanan attackers who want to torpedo efforts to become Atticus defender Tom Robinson.

Jam Finch described as a sister figure that out and try to become adults like his father. While the figure Atticus Finch described as the father of a robust, smart, and cling to the truth. When the jam has the opportunity to become suspects because of cases terbunuhnya Bob Ewell, Atticus no doubt that children have the possibility of innocence. However, behind the persistence of violence and padangannya that Atticus is the father figure who cherish and protect their children and do not hesitate to give affection fondling them when they need it.

Figures of the other no less significant in this novel is Tom Robinson, a youth who must be a fuji suspects in the case of persecution, Boo Radley mysterious figures who will give lessons to readers about a terrible prejudice, and many more leaders and other interesting stories experienced Scouts and jam in this novel. Initially, readers may be dibingungkan with many leaders and the story presented in this novel, but the careful reader will immediately understand that the presence of leaders and ragamnya story experienced Scouts and the jam is not futile established.


Harper Lee seems to deliberately bring a lot of figures in the novel is to lead readers to understand the various human characters and invites readers to understand how the Scouts and jam to absorb the values of life from the surrounding environment in the process pendewasaan them.

Novels are talking about prejudice and love this can now be enjoyed by readers ground water. Although the theme of the diusung indeed heavy, but because it was delivered with a light and told from the perspective of a small child, plus the smooth translation and good, this novel has a high level of legibility. Although this new translated book after 45 years since the original book was published, but actually there is no word late books for the public to know the motherland attendance records and the novel is the moral message.

Novels prime and the only one from Harper Lee is the first time written in 1960 and immediately became best seller. In 1961, this novel award Pulitzer Prize. Until now, this novel continues to gain a better appreciation of the people of the world, one of the Library Journal in the United States, which in poolingnya in 1999, chose this novel as "the best novels of this Century." This predicate it seems excessive, this novel laden with moral message but presented with interesting, so readers do not feel like digurui, in addition to the themes that are relevant to the appointed date, especially for the people of Indonesia, has often governed poorly against certain groups who do not agree with it and not infrequently expressed in the main action of its own judges again and anarkis.