My Print Literature Selection

For my blog "analysis", I have chosen the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. I read this book during my freshman year of high school in my English class. This book is concerned with the issues of racism, but more deeply---community dynamics, and learning life lessons as one grows up. This particular novel is commonly taught/read among high school students. It could possible even be argued that this particular piece of print literature has become part of a common high school cannon of books taught.

On a personal level, I enjoyed reading this book. I think the story and the characters are ones that students find themselves identifying with and understanding their current situations. Whether it is a personal life lesson learned while growing up or facing some sort of prejudice/judgement etc., Students seem to, for the most part identify, and ultimately enjoy their reading experience with "To Kill A Mockingbird".

Besides my personal enjoyment of this print literature, I also wanted to use it for by blog project because I think it is important to look at pieces of literature that are commonly being taught in our current classroom. Even though I enjoy, and many other students enjoy it shouldn't necessarily be taught. Or, on the other hand, maybe that is precisely the reason it should reamain the classroom. I don't know the answer to this question yet, but I feel that that it is an important question to try and atleast investigate.