tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512320847423453564.post1602378824333751186..comments2023-10-04T20:13:17.920-07:00Comments on Alice Poon 潘慧嫻 : Book Review - "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper LeeAlice Poonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609401410736190370noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512320847423453564.post-72320851267181207562017-06-25T11:57:46.893-07:002017-06-25T11:57:46.893-07:00Hi James,
I'm so sorry for this late reply, a...Hi James,<br /><br />I'm so sorry for this late reply, as somehow I didn't get notification of your comment.<br /><br />The point you made is certainly valid and I do understand it. What's nagging me is that Atticus, as a devout rights-defending lawyer, seems to be having double standards by his acquiescence to the Sheriff's action. One life was taken, however unworthy a life it was - Bob Ewell had rights too, albeit being a crook all his life. If Atticus sees injustice in the black people often being dealt an unfair hand by a blinkered society, how could he personally obstruct justice by deliberately covering up an obvious legal misconduct - one that can only amount to manslaughter under the mitigating circumstances (Boo could well be tried and acquitted)?<br /><br /> Alice Poonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609401410736190370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512320847423453564.post-67680441226191905582017-02-03T13:43:06.060-08:002017-02-03T13:43:06.060-08:00Hi Alice,
I have always thought that Sheriff Tate...Hi Alice,<br /><br />I have always thought that Sheriff Tate chose to "let the dead bury the dead" because he understood that if people learned that Boo had saved the children's lives (like the mockingbird's song) they would break into the Radley's reclusive existence with reporters, politicians, awards, medals, media hype, and angel food cakes. Tate thought that dragging Boo "with his shy ways into the limelight" would be a sin after Boo had prevented a terrible crime from happening (killing the mockingbird that sings its heart out for you). Atticus acquiesced because in this case justice was more important. His daughter understood this better than he did - that charging Boo would be like killing the mockingbird.<br /><br />Law is not always right, and neither is justice always served well by the law. It's a conflict that has been with us all forever, and will not go away, and one that has to be relished by writers of fiction - so many riveting stories arise out of that conflict. Non-fiction, too, as in 地產霸權.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />James Lande<br /><br /> <br /> Old China Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177469574052835470noreply@blogger.com