tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post4669732762802517841..comments2024-02-10T11:02:03.896-05:00Comments on Reader in the Wilderness: Classics Club: Go Set a Watchman by Harper LeeJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-59644363320785873682016-03-27T19:06:03.086-04:002016-03-27T19:06:03.086-04:00Yes, I see your point. I think that Harper Lee was...Yes, I see your point. I think that Harper Lee was portraying how difficult it was for the rest of the world to dictate the way people in the South were supposed to live, how they were supposed to organize their society. I think that's something that most Americans refuse to appreciate. Yes, it was wrong to demean and degrade African Americans, that's true no matter what. But the people who wag their fingers and denigrate white Southerners never lived there and had no clue about their history. I'm not an apologist for white Southerners by any means, but I think as Atticus pointed out in To Kill a Mockingbird, you don't understand a man until you've walked in his shoes, and I think this is partly what Harper Lee was referring too. Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-73676127829976860532016-03-26T19:05:23.547-04:002016-03-26T19:05:23.547-04:00I really enjoyed the book, it wasn't at all as...I really enjoyed the book, it wasn't at all as I had imagined, after reading what others said of it. I think it was more about the difference in the attitudes of the different generations and I could see that Atticus just didn't want his world to change too much while he was still alive.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-67184204148974851762016-03-11T09:22:55.812-05:002016-03-11T09:22:55.812-05:00Hi JoAnn,
I definitely recommend it. There's s...Hi JoAnn,<br />I definitely recommend it. There's so much there to reflect on and to puzzle over. I think you'll enjoy that.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-8763517126641668792016-03-11T08:10:16.961-05:002016-03-11T08:10:16.961-05:00I'd previously decided to give Watchman a pass...I'd previously decided to give Watchman a pass, but may have to rethink... Very nice post, Judith. JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.com