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Originally Posted by BenG
I've read the first few chapters. I haven't gotten to any of the controversial material yet.
There are some childhood flashback's and I can see why her editor wanted a book about Jean Louise's childhood.
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I finished it a couple of days ago. I was expecting the scenes to be more controversial actually. The Atticus of GSAW was representative of how many Americans felt about race issues. And that holds true even today. Treats individuals of a differing race humanely and kindly, yet worries about them as a group. Also worries about his "way of life" going by the wayside. Atticus in this novel reminded me of many people I know.
I think this makes a bigger impact today, because we have already experienced the civil rights movement and people's thoughts and opinions are up for scrutiny in a way I don't think they were back then. I don't think GSAW and Atticus would have been half as "controversial" at that time. I'm sure Jean Louise would have been the controversial one.
Flashes of TKAM were evident. I agree that Jean Louise's childhood flashbacks were by far the strongest parts of the novel.