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Geweldig verhaal! Heel mooi beschreven hoe de spanningen, frustraties en racisme door alledaagse gebeurtenissen tot leven komen. Dramatische gebeurtenissen gezien door de ogen van een achtjarig meisje. Indrukwekkend! ( ![]() Beetje langdradig, wel mooi thema. Stadje in de VS, rechtszaak over een zwarte man die beschuldigd wordt van het aanranden van een blank meisje. Boek neemt alle tijd zodat je je in de sfeer van zo'n stadje kunt verplaatsen. Hoofdpersoon is een klein meisje, dochter van de plaatselijke advocaat die de zwarte man verdedigt. Hij wordt bedreigd maar het loopt pas op het allerlaatst uit de hand. De zwarte man wordt toch veroordeeld, maar de advocaat ziet in het lange juryberaad toch een eerste stap in de goede richting (tegen racisme). Het Amerikaanze zuiden, ca 1935; Jean-Louise Finch, achtjarig, jongensachtig meisje, ontdekt dat de wereld rond haar een pak racistischer ingesteld is dan haar vader, de advocaat Atticus, haar probeert bij te brengen. Mooi verteld, klassiek verhaal, maar soms wat belerend, politiek-correct. Vooral de figuur van Atticus is tegelijk onwerelds wijs en, zoals hij op het eind van het verhaal merkt, ook naief. Goed verhaal, maar de hype er rond is echt overdreven. Een weduwnaar voedt zij zoon en dochter op in het zuiden van de VS in de jaren 30 van de 20e eeuw. Hij is advocaat en hij hecht veel waarde aan de beginregel van de Amerikaanse grondwet: All men are created equal. Als hij een van verkrachting van een blanke vrouw verdachte zwarte verdedigt, spreekt ieder daar schande van. Hij weet zijn principes hoog te houden en ook aan zijn kinderen over te dragen.
"Bülbülü Öldürmek" harika bir roman ve başlamak için en iyisi. Bu, bir kardeşin (Jem ve Scout) ve tek bekar ebeveynleri, yani babaları Atticus ve bakıcı Calpurnia ile yaşarken beklenmedik bir dönüş ve dönüş getiren hayatları etrafında dönen bir hikaye. Hikayenin konusu, Boo Radley'in planı dışında başlangıçta net değildi, çünkü anlatı bazı olaylara derinden nüfuz etti ve aniden rotasını değiştirdi. Daha sonra bu kısa anlatımların, hikaye izci (8 yaşındaki) bakış açısıyla anlatıldığı için çocukların hissettikleri duyguları anlattığını fark ediyoruz. Yetiştirilmeleri, iyi beslendikleri ve Atticus tarafından iyi değerlerle donatıldıkları için büyüleyicidir. O, sözünün eri bir adamdır ve her senaryonun dürüst, doğru, eşitlikçi bir bakış açısına daima sahip olmuştur. Mesleği avukatlıktır ve çocuklarına düşünce ve eylemlerinde özgürlük duygusu vermiştir. Her ne kadar hikayenin sonunda gördüğümüz gibi işler ona göre gitmese de, hikaye güçlü bir ifadeyle sona erdi: "Ölüler ölüleri gömsün" yani bu dünyada insanların ne kadar doğru ya da yanlış olduğu anlamına gelir, her şey hesaba katılır ve faturanın vadesi gelir. Bu roman mutlaka okunmalı, severek okudum. Mockingbird is not necessarily as widely admired among scholars of US literature as it is among its fans. I once enraged an audience of very nice book-lovers at the Cheltenham literary festival by suggesting that Mockingbird was just the teensiest bit overrated. There are many reasons for this assessment, not least the feeling that Atticus Finch’s famous moral rectitude is, in point of fact, disturbingly flexible. He tells Scout: “Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” That’s all well and good, and a fine American sentiment that goes at least back to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But part of Mark Twain’s radical move in that novel is to make his hero an illiterate backwoods boy; Lee’s hero is a virtuous, middle-class white man, full of noblesse oblige to the black people he defends (who revere him for it), but who doesn’t bat an eyelid at the common knowledge that the illiterate, white-trash Mayella Ewell is regularly raped and beaten by her father. Its sentiments and moral grandeur are as unimpeachable as the character of its hero, Atticus. ... It's time to stop pretending that "To Kill a Mockingbird" is some kind of timeless classic that ranks with the great works of American literature. Its bloodless liberal humanism is sadly dated, as pristinely preserved in its pages as the dinosaur DNA in "Jurassic Park." A book that we thought instructed us about the world tells us, instead, about the limitations of Jim Crow liberalism in Maycomb, Alabama. There are some improbable and sentimental moments in the story, but there are also great moments of laughter that belong to memory and a novelist's hand... Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel by a fresh writer with something significant to say, South and North. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Delfinserien (159) Miljoenenreeks (1) rororo (4281) Is opgenomen inHeeft als vervolg (buiten de reeks)Heeft de bewerkingIs verkort inTo Kill a Mockingbird / The Shoes of the Fisherman / Seven Days in May / To Catch an Angel: Adventures in the World I Cannot See (Reader's Digest Condensed Books Special Selections) door Reader's Digest InspireerdeHeeft een naslagwerk/handboekBestudeerd inHeeft als een commentaar op de tekstHeeft als studiegids voor studentenBevat een handleiding voor docenten
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