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Despite widespread changes in social attitudes on some topics, To Kill a Mockingbird is still as relevant to today's world as it was when it was originally publ

Despite widespread changes in social attitudes on some topics, To Kill a Mockingbird is still as relevant to today's world as it was when it was originally published.

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puranjay 12y ago
That's because it is a timeless tale about the goodness of people, of faith and charity and humanity. Those are everlasting values. My girlfriend reads the book at least once a year. She says it keeps her grounded and optimistic. I started doing the exercise last year and I have to say, she is right.
- wpietri 12y ago
  True. But also because it's a sensitive and nuanced examination of the fucked-uppedness of US culture with regards to race. I certainly hope that isn't everlasting, but the book remains depressingly relevant.
  - pervycreeper 12y ago
    That's an unfortunately narrow misreading. There are much more universal themes than that in the book.
    - SerpentJoe 12y ago
      There's nothing unfortunate about acknowledging the racial themes in To Kill A Mockingbird, and doing so doesn't diminish any of the other messages. It would be a shit book if it were only about one thing. One of the things it's about is race, unpleasant as it may be.
      - pervycreeper 12y ago
        That's correct, but the GP comment is unfortunate in that it is either a deliberate misinterpretation of my comment, or one made from a very superficial understanding of the text.
  - scott_s 12y ago
    Unfortunately, fucked-up race relations is a universal theme for humanity.
  - swatow 12y ago
    I think a lot of the US has progressed a lot since that book has written. But it may have relevance to some places such as Alabama or Israel [0]. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717186 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717186
    - wpietri 12y ago
      I think there's no denying that there has been some progress. But if you think To Kill a Mockingbird no longer has relevance to racial issues across the US, I'm going to guess you're white. There's an ocean of stuff relating to that, but this would be one good place to start: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case...

Despite widespread changes in social attitudes on some topics, To Kill a Mockingbird is still as relevant to today's world as it was when it was originally published.

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puranjay 12y ago

That's because it is a timeless tale about the goodness of people, of faith and charity and humanity. Those are everlasting values. My girlfriend reads the book at least once a year. She says it keeps her grounded and optimistic. I started doing the exercise last year and I have to say, she is right.

wpietri 12y ago
True. But also because it's a sensitive and nuanced examination of the fucked-uppedness of US culture with regards to race. I certainly hope that isn't everlasting, but the book remains depressingly relevant.
- pervycreeper 12y ago
  That's an unfortunately narrow misreading. There are much more universal themes than that in the book.
  - SerpentJoe 12y ago
    There's nothing unfortunate about acknowledging the racial themes in To Kill A Mockingbird, and doing so doesn't diminish any of the other messages. It would be a shit book if it were only about one thing. One of the things it's about is race, unpleasant as it may be.
    - pervycreeper 12y ago
      That's correct, but the GP comment is unfortunate in that it is either a deliberate misinterpretation of my comment, or one made from a very superficial understanding of the text.
- scott_s 12y ago
  Unfortunately, fucked-up race relations is a universal theme for humanity.
- swatow 12y ago
  I think a lot of the US has progressed a lot since that book has written. But it may have relevance to some places such as Alabama or Israel [0]. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717186 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717186
  - wpietri 12y ago
    I think there's no denying that there has been some progress. But if you think To Kill a Mockingbird no longer has relevance to racial issues across the US, I'm going to guess you're white. There's an ocean of stuff relating to that, but this would be one good place to start: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case...