Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:59:11 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

<snippo discussion of first line of synopsis>

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===>Synopsis
      "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but
remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". This is a lawyer's advice to
his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this story — a black
man charged with raping a white girl in the Deep South of the 1930s
                     (The Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition)
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Well, one of these statements is true:
1. The book is very much different from the film.
2. The synopsis-writer had no idea who the mockingbird was.

In the film, the "mockingbird" is Boo, not Tom.

PS The bluejay is a strictly North American species.
It is best compared to the Eurasian Magpie. (Pica pica)
This is a very intelligent bird, comparable in abilities to great apes.
It is the only non-mamalian species known to pass the mirror test.

It is a pest in some areas. Areas with gardens, apparently. And there
are a lot of gardens in small towns.

Since it is a dinosaur, being comparable in intelligence to great apes
is very ... suggestive.
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"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"