Just recently I read the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The book started really slow, but once it picked up and got rolling I liked it tremendously. There are a lot of lessons and the focus of the book is not on just one of them. Harper Lee conveys the messages and lessons really well, and the message or lesson that stands out the most will always be in the eye of the reader.

Focusing on the main purpose of and the lessons of the book. It really is not a book meant to entertain or amuse us, although a good story, it is meant to teach. Some lessons that stood out where that we should do what we think is right no matter the consequence. In the book Atticus tells Scout that he had to take the Tom Robinson case. That “Just because we are licked before we start doesn't mean we can't try.” What Atticus is saying is he has to try to win the case because he knows it’s what’s right. This quote is very powerful, because it is a valuable life lesson. Also, something that can be taken from this part of the book is we can’t judge people before we get to know them for who they are. We shouldn’t judge people by skin color, wealth, social class, or even age. Atticus shows this quality, in the book, more than anyone else.

The book also stood out in the fact that there is not only one set, focused, person (mockingbird). The “mockingbird” that is most prominent, though, is Tom Robinson. Killing Tom Robinson would be like killing a mockingbird because, Tom is innocent and would never hurt anyone (like a mockingbird). But, Tom is not the only mockingbird, as I’ve said. The other is Arthur “Boo” Radley, because he doesn’t do anything to hurt the people of the town. He doesn’t want attention, therefore Atticus and Heck decide not to tell the town he killed Bob Ewell. Thrusting attention upon something or someone that does not want it would be like killing a mockingbird.
Harper really does a good job of conveying the message of the book. The lessons that we pick up are mostly the ones Atticus teaches. She does a brilliant job conveying all the lessons and teachings, and she doesn’t have just one lesson she teaches which makes the job even more challenging. Harper is a brilliant writer, because she wrote a book that kept my interest, and i really liked the book. I don’t like very many books, and fewer still keep my interest throughout the entire story. So, I praise Harper, because she satisfied everything I look for in a book.
Again with the lessons in the story. There is no single lesson that is taken from the book. Harper seems to have purposely written the book so that the lesson that stands out the most is the one that strikes the individual reader the most. So, in a way the main lesson is all up to the reader and what they take from the story.
In conclusion, I loved the book and the many lessons it taught me. I will never forget the lessons I’ve learned, and I will recommend To Kill a Mockingbird to anyone and everyone. The lessons I’ve learned from this book will stick with me and affect my decisions for the rest of my life. So, not only is this a great book, but a life changing book. A great book all the way around and through I would recommend for everyone.

Works Cited
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird, New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1960, Print