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To kill a MockingBird !!!

I finished reading through the same titled-book recently. Though to admit, the journey through the whole  reading was not very smooth ... I actually got very weary of the repeated actions of Scout, Jem and Dill ; always poking around with hopes to get Boo Radley out of his place. But once, I managed to get over my weariness which was mostly a revelation of my impatience to get to the part of why Atticus was so frowned upon, I got to realize the depth of every character. This book reflects the conscience of the human beings when they come across various situations which may involve the same actors, but different contexts. Portrayal of Scout at a very tender age of 9 as a sufficiently matured girl is so continuous that it never bothers the reader .Her simultaneous, not-being-the-girl girl but at the same to not to aggravate Aunty Alexandra "trying to be a lady" look is very symmetric. She is able to understand why Atticus admired Mrs. Dubose so much, why was it incorrect t...