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Title: The Mockingbird as Predator
Review: The title. To put a mockingbird or any other singing bird above all others is counter-intuitive. All living beings have the same value, all life is inherently unique. The author posits that the mockingbird does no harm, but the insects it eats would say otherwise. The mockingbird is just as base, just as feral as a tiger.The novel. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is certainly a regional tale and yet it is entirely transposed and made unique. The fundamental flaw of the work is patriarch, Atticus Finch. Behold the savior of the down trodden race, raise him high and everlasting, let his name be known across the dark land.The land is dark because Atticus overshadows it, his skills as a lawyer of more import than the man he defends. His family, friends and town are props conspicuously used to frame the towering moral height of the man. Summed up: "To Kill a Mockingbird" is an exaggerated Norman Rockwell painting.Chris Roberts, Killer of Mockingbirds.
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