Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:29:20 +0000, Paul S Person wrote:
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:17:17 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
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Quoted content corrected.
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J. J. Lodder wrote:

<this is claimed to be a synopsis from an edition of /To Kill a
Mockingbird/>

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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The simplest search substantiates your statements. Thank you for the
additional information about bluejays.

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If actual research shows Tom to be the mockingbird rather than Boo,
then the book must differ considerably from the film.

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When we read the book in seventh grade, we had a
discussion about who was a mockingbird.  I think
we decided on both Tom and Boo, and maybe other
people too.  I seem to recall a feeling of
spending too much time taking a figure of speech
too literally.